| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he married (for he had married a Cushite woman). | 1Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman); |
| 2They said, "Does the LORD speak only through Moses? Does He not also speak through us?" And the LORD heard it. | 2and they said, "Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us as well?" And the LORD heard it. |
| 3Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth. | 3(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.) |
| 4Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "You three come out to the tent of meeting." So the three of them went out. | 4Suddenly the LORD said to Moses and Aaron and to Miriam, "You three come out to the tent of meeting." So the three of them came out. |
| 5Then the LORD descended in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them came forward, | 5Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tent, and He called Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward, |
| 6He said:" Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the LORD, I make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. | 6He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, shall make Myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream. |
| 7Not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My household. | 7"Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household; |
| 8I speak with him directly, openly, and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?" | 8With him I speak mouth to mouth, Even openly, and not in dark sayings, And he beholds the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant, against Moses?" |
| 9The LORD's anger burned against them, and He left. | 9So the anger of the LORD burned against them and He departed. |
| 10As the cloud moved away from the tent, Miriam's skin suddenly became diseased, as white as snow. When Aaron turned toward her, he saw that she was diseased | 10But when the cloud had withdrawn from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. As Aaron turned toward Miriam, behold, she was leprous. |
| 11and said to Moses, "My lord, please don't hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. | 11Then Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, I beg you, do not account this sin to us, in which we have acted foolishly and in which we have sinned. |
| 12Please don't let her be like a dead baby whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother's womb." | 12"Oh, do not let her be like one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes from his mother's womb!" |
| 13Then Moses cried out to the LORD, "God, please heal her!" | 13Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "O God, heal her, I pray!" |
| 14The LORD answered Moses, "If her father had merely spit in her face, wouldn't she remain in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in." | 14But the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up for seven days outside the camp, and afterward she may be received again." |
| 15So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was brought back in. | 15So Miriam was shut up outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was received again. |
| 16After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran. | 16Afterward, however, the people moved out from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran. |
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