Numbers
12:1-15 HCSB Miriam and Aaron criticized
Moses because of the Cushite woman he married (for he
had married a Cushite woman). 2 They said, "Does the LORD speak
only through Moses? Does He not also speak through us?" And the LORD heard
it. 3 Moses
was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth. 4 Suddenly the LORD said to Moses,
Aaron, and Miriam, "You three come out to the tent of meeting." So the three of them went out. 5 Then 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,
6
He 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. 7 Not
so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My household. 8 I 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?" 9 The LORD's anger burned against them,
and He left. 10 As
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 11 and
said to Moses, "My lord, please don't hold against us this sin we have so
foolishly committed. 12 Please
don't let her be like a dead baby whose flesh is half eaten away when he
comes out of his mother's womb." 13
Then Moses cried out to the LORD, "God, please heal
her!" 14 The
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." 15 So Miriam was confined outside the
camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was brought
back in.
Devotionals: Numbers 12:1-2 Miriam’s Jealousy
Numbers
12:1-2 Interracial Marriages
Numbers 12:1-4 The Church as a
Worshipping Congregation
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