Numbers 12

vattedabber miryam ve'aharon bemosheh al-odot ha'isha hakkushit asher laqakh ki-isha khushit laqakh

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married: “He married a Cushite!”

vayyomeru haraq akh-bemosheh dibber Adonai halo gam-banu dibber vayyishma Adonai

They said, “Has GOD spoken only through Moses—and not through us as well?” GOD heard it.

veha'ish mosheh anav me'od mikkol ha'adam asher al-pene ha'adamah

Now Moses himself was very humble, more so than any other human being on earth.

vayyomer Adonai pitom el-mosheh ve'el-aharon ve'el-miryam tse'u sheloshtekhem el-ohel mo'ed vayyetse'u sheloshtam

Suddenly GOD called to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three of them went out.

vayyered Adonai be'ammud anan vayya'amod petakh ha'ohel vayyiqra aharon umiryam vayyetse'u shenehem

GOD came down in a pillar of cloud, stopped at the entrance of the Tent, and called out, “Aaron and Miriam!” The two of them came forward.

vayyomer shimu-na devaray im-yihyeh nevi'akhem Adonai bammarah elayw etvadda bakhalom adabber-bo

“Hear these My words: When prophets of GOD arise among you, I make Myself known to them in a vision, I speak with them in a dream.

lo-khen avdi mosheh bekhol-beti ne'eman hu

Not so with My servant Moses; he is trusted throughout My household.

peh el-peh adabber-bo umareh velo vekhidot utemunat Adonai yabbit umaddua lo yeretem ledabber be'avdi vemosheh

With him I speak mouth to mouth, plainly and not in riddles, and he beholds GOD’s likeness. How then did you not shrink from speaking against My servant Moses!”

vayyikhar-af Adonai bam vayyelakh

Still incensed with them, GOD departed.

vehe'anan sar me'al ha'ohel vehinneh miryam metsora'at kashaleg vayyifen aharon el-miryam vehinneh metsora'at

As the cloud withdrew from the Tent, there was Miriam stricken with snow-white scales! When Aaron turned toward Miriam, he saw that she was stricken with scales.

vayyomer aharon el-mosheh bi adoni al-na tashet alenu khattat asher no'alnu va'asher khatanu

And Aaron said to Moses, “O my lord, account not to us the sin that we committed in our folly.

al-na tehi kammet asher betseto merekhem immo vayye'akhel khatsi vesaro

Let her not be like a stillbirth that emerges from its mother’s womb with half its flesh eaten away!”

vayyitsaq mosheh el-Adonai lemor el na refa na lah

So Moses cried out to GOD, saying, “O God, pray heal her!”

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh ve'aviha yaroq yaraq befaneha halo tikkalem shivat yamim tissager shivat yamim mikhuts lammakhaneh ve'akhar te'asef

But GOD said to Moses, “If her father spat in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut out of camp for seven days, and then let her be readmitted.”

vattissager miryam mikhuts lammakhaneh shivat yamim veha'am lo nasa ad-he'asef miryam

So Miriam was shut out of camp seven days; and the people did not march on until Miriam was readmitted.

ve'akhar nase'u ha'am mekhatserot vayyakhanu bemidbar paran

After that the people set out from Hazeroth and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.