1  And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

2  And they said: 'Hath YHWH indeed spoken only with Moses? hath He not spoken also with us?' And the YHWH heard it.--

2  And they said, Has the Lord spoken to Moses only? has he not also spoken to us? and the Lord heard it.

3  Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.--

3  And the man Moses was very meek beyond all the men that were upon the earth.

3  (for Moses was a man exceedingly meek, beyond all the men who were living upon the earth)

4  And YHWH spoke suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam: 'Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting.' And they three came out.

4  And the Lord said immediately to Moses and Aaron and Mariam, Come forth all three of you to the tabernacle of witness.

4  immediately he spoke to him, and to Aaron and Miriam, “Go out, you three only, to the tabernacle of the covenant.” And when they had gone out,

5  And YHWH came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.

5  And 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.

5  the Lord descended in a column of cloud, and he stood at the entrance of the tabernacle, calling to Aaron and Miriam. And when they had advanced,

6  And He said: 'Hear now My words: if there be a prophet among you, I YHWH do make Myself known unto him in a vision, I do speak with him in a dream.

6  he said to them: “Listen to my words. If there will be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him through a dream.

7  My servant Moses is not so; he is trusted in all My house;

7  But it is not so with my servant Moses, who is the most faithful in all my house.

7  Not so with my servant Moses, who is faithful in all my house.

8  with him do I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of YHWH doth he behold; wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses?'

8  I 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?

8  For I speak with him mouth to mouth, and plainly. And not through enigmas and figures does he perceive the Lord. Therefore, why were you not afraid to disparage my servant Moses?”

9  And the anger of YHWH was kindled against them; and He departed.

9  And the great anger of the Lord was upon them, and he departed.

9  And being angry against them, he went away.

10  And when the cloud was removed from over the Tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Miriam; and, behold, she was leprous.

10  And the cloud departed from the tabernacle; and, behold, Mariam was leprous, white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Mariam, and, behold, she was leprous.

10  Likewise, the cloud which was over the tabernacle withdrew. And behold, Miriam appeared to be white with a leprosy, like snow. And when Aaron had looked upon her, and he had seen the spreading of the leprosy,

11  And Aaron said unto Moses: 'Oh my lord, lay not, I pray thee, sin upon us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned.

11  he said to Moses: “I beg you, my lord, not to impose upon us this sin, which we have committed foolishly.

12  Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.'

12  Let 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.

12  Do not let this one be like one who is dead, or like an abortion that has been cast from the womb of her mother. Behold, half of her flesh is already consumed by leprosy.”

13  And Moses cried unto YHWH, saying: 'Heal her now, O God, I beseech Thee.'

14  And YHWH said unto Moses: 'If her father had but spit in her face, should she not hide in shame seven days? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.'

14  And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had only spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? let her be set apart seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall come in.

14  And the Lord answered him: “If her father had spit on her face, should she not have been filled with shame for at least seven days? Let her be separated, outside the camp, for seven days, and after that, she will be called back.”

15  And Miriam was shut up without the camp seven days; and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

15  And Mariam was separated without the camp seven days; and the people moved not forward till Mariam was cleansed.

15  And so Miriam was excluded from the camp for seven days. And the people did not move from that place, until Miriam was called back.

16  And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

Nm13:1  And the people set out from Hazeroth, and they pitched their tents in the desert of Paran.

16  And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. And Moses is saying to sons of Israel: You came until the mountain of Amorites that LORD God gave to us. See you, LORD God gave you the land. Now rise and occupy so as spoken LORD God of your fathers to you. But they were afraid and they came to Moses and they said: we shall send mortals from us and they are spying out the land for us. And when they will return they will tell us which was we should ascend there and what cities we will pass upon. And this was good in the eyes of Moses.