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Numbers 12 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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The Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron

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Now [fn]Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the [fn]Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman);

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:2 - and they said, “Has the LORD really spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken also through us?” And the LORD heard it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:3 - ([fn]Now the man Moses was very humble (gentle, kind, devoid of self-righteousness), more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:4 - Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle).” And the three of them came out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5 - The LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tabernacle, and He called Aaron and Miriam, and they came forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:6 - And He said,

“Hear now My words:

If there is a prophet among you,

I the LORD will make Myself known to him in a vision

And I will speak to him in a dream.

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“But it is not so with My servant Moses;

He is entrusted and faithful in all My house.

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“With him I speak mouth to mouth [directly],

Clearly and openly and not in riddles;

And he beholds the form of the LORD.

Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Miriam and Aaron, and He departed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - But when the cloud had withdrawn from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron turned and looked at Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11 - Then Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, I plead with you, do not account this sin to us, in which we have acted foolishly and in which we have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - “Oh, do not let her be like one dead, already half decomposed when he comes from his mother’s womb.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:13 - So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, “Heal her please, O God, I plead with You!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:14 - But the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had but [fn]spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp for seven days, and afterward she may return.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:15 - So Miriam was shut up outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was brought in again [and declared ceremonially clean from her leprosy].

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Afterward the people moved on from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.

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Miriam is presumed to be the leader of the attack on Moses’ authority because she is mentioned before Aaron and because of the severity of her punishment.
Because the ancient borders of Cush and Midian sometimes overlapped Miriam may have considered Moses’ wife, Zipporah, a Cushite instead of a Midianite (Ex 2:21); however, it is also possible that Zipporah had died and this refers to a second wife. Marriage with a Canaanite was forbidden (Ex 34:11, 16), but not marriage with an Egyptian or Cushite. Joseph’s wife was an Egyptian (Gen 41:45).
Some scholars believe this comment was added to the text after Moses’ death.
I.e. rebuked her publicly.
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