| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman. | 1Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife. |
| 2So they said, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?” And the LORD heard it. | 2“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this. |
| 3(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.) | 3Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth. |
| 4Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!” So the three came out. | 4And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out, |
| 5Then the LORD came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward. | 5and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward, |
| 6Then He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream. | 6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream. |
| 7Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My house. | 7But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house. |
| 8I speak with him face to face, Even plainly, and not in dark sayings; And he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant Moses?” | 8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?” |
| 9So the anger of the LORD was aroused against them, and He departed. | 9So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed. |
| 10And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper. | 10As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous, |
| 11So Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord! Please do not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned. | 11and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. |
| 12Please do not let her be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb!” | 12Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” |
| 13So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, “Please heal her, O God, I pray!” | 13So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!” |
| 14Then the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.” | 14But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.” |
| 15So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again. | 15So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again. |
| 16And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran. | 16After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran. |
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