12:1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

12:2 They said, Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn`t he spoken also with us? Yahweh heard it.

12:3 Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface of the earth.

12:4 Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out you three to the tent of meeting. They three came out.

12:5 Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.

12:6 He said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.

12:7 My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:

12:8 with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Yahweh shall he see: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?

12:9 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against them; and he departed.

12:10 The cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as [white as] snow: and Aaron looked at Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

12:11 Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, please don`t lay sin on us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned.

12:12 Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother`s womb.

12:13 Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, Heal her, God, I beg you.

12:14 Yahweh said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn`t she be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.

12:15 Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days: and the people didn`t travel until Miriam was brought in again.