(KJV) Numbers 12¹

⥃The Complaint of Miriam and Aaron

[1] And Miriam² and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian³ woman whom he had married⁴: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. [2] And they said, Hath the Lord⁵ indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not⁶ spoken also by us? And the⁷ Lord heard [it]. [3] (Now the man Moses [was] very⁸ meek, above⁹ all the men which [were] upon the face of the earth.) [4] And the Lord¹⁰ spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out¹¹ ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. [5] And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood [in] the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.¹² [6] And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet¹³ among you, [I] the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision¹⁴, [and] will speak unto him in a dream¹⁵. [7] My servant¹⁶ Moses [is] not so, who [is] faithful¹⁷ in all mine house. [8] With him will I speak mouth¹⁸ to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches¹⁹; and the similitude²⁰ of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye²¹ not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? [9] And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he departed.²² [10] And the cloud²³ departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold²⁴, Miriam [became] leprous²⁵, [white] as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, [she was] leprous. [11] And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee²⁶, lay not²⁷ the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. [12] Let her not be as one dead²⁸, of whom²⁹ the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb. [13] And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.³⁰

[14] [¶]And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit³¹ in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be³² shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in [again]. [15] And Miriam was shut out³³ from the camp seven days: and the³⁴ people journeyed not till Miriam³⁵ was brought in [again]. [16] And afterward³⁶ the people removed from Hazeroth³⁷, and pitched in the wilderness³⁸ of Paran.