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Numbers 12:9-15 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

9. The anger of the Lord burned against them. And he left them.

10. When the cloud went up from above the tent, there stood Miriam. She had a disease that made her skin as white as snow. Aaron turned toward her. He saw that she had a skin disease.

11. So he said to Moses, "We have committed a very foolish sin. Please don't hold it against us.

12. Don't let Miriam be like a baby that was born dead. Don't let her look like a dead baby whose body is half eaten away."

13. So Moses cried out to the Lord. He said, "God, please heal her!"

14. The Lord answered Moses. He said, "Suppose her father had spit in her face. Then she would have been put to shame for seven days. So keep her outside the camp for seven days. After that, you can bring her back."

15. So Miriam was kept outside the camp for seven days. The people didn't move on until she was brought back.

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