1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. 2 They said, “Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Has he not also spoken through us?” And the LORD heard it. 3 Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any other human being on the face of the earth.

4 Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, all three of you, to the Tent of Meeting.” And all three came out. 5 The LORD came down in the pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent. He called Aaron and Miriam, and both came forward. 6 He said, “Hear my words: if there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, 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 house. 8 With him I speak mouth to mouth, plainly and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” 9 The LORD's anger burned against them, and he departed. 10 The cloud withdrew from over the tent, and there was Miriam with a skin disease, white as snow. Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was with the skin disease. 11 Aaron said to Moses, “Please, my lord, do not lay this sin on us, for we have acted foolishly and we have sinned. 12 Do not let her be like one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.” 13 Moses cried out to the LORD and said, “O God, please heal her, I pray!”

14 The LORD said to Moses, “If her father had spat in her face, would she not be ashamed for seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp for seven days, and afterward let her be received back.” 15 Miriam was shut out of the camp for seven days, and the people did not set out until Miriam had been received back. 16 Afterward the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.