Bmidbar (Numbers) - Chapter 12

12:1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Mosha because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. 12:2 They said, "Has Mar-Yah indeed spoken only with Mosha? Has he not spoken also with us?" And Mar-Yah heard it.

12:3 Now the man Mosha was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface of the earth. 12:4 Mar-Yah spoke suddenly to Mosha, to Aaron, and to Miriam, "You three come out to the Tabernacle!"

The three of them came out. 12:5 Mar-Yah came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward. 12:6 He said, "Hear now my words. If there is a prophet among you, I Mar-Yah will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream. 12:7 My servant Mosha is not so. He is faithful in all my house. 12:8 With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Mar-Yah's form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Mosha?" 12:9 The anger of Mar-Yah was kindled against them; and he departed. 12:10 The cloud departed from over the Tent; and behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.

12:11 Aaron said to Mosha, "Oh, my lord, please do not count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which 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 Mosha cried to Mar-Yah, saying, "Heal her, God, I beg you!"

12:14 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, "If her father had but spit in her face, should she not 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 did not travel until Miriam was brought in again. 12:16 Afterward the people travelled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.