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Numbers 12 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Num 12:1And Mariam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Ethiopian woman whom Moses took; for he had taken an Ethiopian woman.
Num 12:2And they said, Has the Lord spoken to Moses only? has he not also spoken to us? and the Lord heard it.
Num 12:3And the man Moses was very meek beyond all the men that were upon the earth.
Num 12:4And the Lord said immediately to Moses and Aaron and Mariam, Come forth [fn]all three of you to the tabernacle of witness.
Num 12:5And the three came forth to the tabernacle of witness; and the Lord descended in a pillar of a cloud, and stood at the door of the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and Mariam were called; and both came forth.
Num 12:6And he said to them, Hear my words: If there should be of you a prophet to the Lord, I will be made known to him in a vision, and in sleep will I speak to him.
Num 12:7My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house.
Num 12:8I will speak to him mouth to mouth apparently, and not in dark speeches; and he has seen the glory of the Lord; and why were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Num 12:9And the great anger of the Lord was upon them, and he departed.
Num 12:10And the cloud departed from the tabernacle; and, behold, Mariam was leprous, white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Mariam, and, behold, she was leprous.
Num 12:11And Aaron said to Moses, I beseech thee, my lord, do not lay sin upon us, for we were ignorant wherein we sinned.
Num 12:12Let her not be as it were like death, as an abortion coming out of his mother's womb, when the disease devours the half of the flesh.
Num 12:13And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech thee, heal her.
Num 12:14And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had only spit in her face, [fn]would she not be ashamed seven days? let her be set apart seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall come in.
Num 12:15And Mariam was separated without the camp seven days; and the people moved not forward till Mariam was cleansed.
Num 12:16And afterwards the people set forth from Aseroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Pharan.
BES Footnotes
Gr. the three.
Gr. will.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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