1. And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
2. And they said, Has the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? has he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
3. (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.)
4. And the LORD spoke suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam,
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.
6. And he said,
7. My servant Moses is not thus, who is faithful
8. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even clearly, and not in dark sayings; and the form of the LORD shall he behold: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
9. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.
10. And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, as white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
11. And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech you, lay not the sin upon us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.
12. Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.