Numbers 12
New King James Version

Dissension of Aaron and Miriam

12 Then^(A)Miriam and Aaron^[a]spoke^(B)against Moses because of the^[b]Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for^(C)he had married an Ethiopian woman.²So they said, “Has theLordindeed spoken only through^(D)Moses?^(E)Has He not spoken through us also?” And theLord^(F)heardit.³(Now the man Moseswasvery humble, more than all men whowereon the face of the earth.)

⁴^(G)Suddenly theLordsaid to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!” So the three came out.⁵^(H)Then theLordcame down in the pillar of cloud and stoodinthe door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward.⁶Then He said,

“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, theLord, make Myself known to him^(I)in a vision;
I speak to him^(J)in a dream.
⁷Not so with^(K)My servant Moses;
^(L)Heisfaithful in all^(M)My house.
⁸I speak with him^(N)face to face,
Even^(O)plainly,^[c]and not in^[d]dark sayings;
And he sees^(P)the form of theLord.
Why then^(Q)were you not afraid
To speak against My servant Moses?”

⁹So the anger of theLordwas aroused against them, and He departed.¹⁰And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle,^(R)suddenly Miriambecame^(S)leprous, aswhite assnow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper.¹¹So Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord! Please^(T)do not lay^[e]thissin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned.¹²Please^(U)do not let her be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb!”

¹³So Moses cried out to theLord, saying, “Please^(V)heal her, O God, I pray!”

¹⁴Then theLordsaid to Moses, “If her father had but^(W)spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be^(X)shut^[f]out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be receivedagain.”¹⁵^(Y)So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought inagain.¹⁶And afterward the people moved from^(Z)Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.