35FROM KIBROTH HATTAAVAH THEY SET OUT THE PEOPLE HAZEROTH AND THEY WERE AT HAZEROTH 35From Kibroth-hattaavah the people moved on to Hazeroth, where they remained for some time.
1AND SHE SPOKE MIRIAM AND AARON AGAINST MOSES ON [THE] CAUSES OF THE WOMAN <THE> CUSHITE WHOM HE HAD TAKEN FOR A WOMAN CUSHITE HE HAD TAKEN The Complaint of Miriam and Aaron 1Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
2AND THEY SAID ¿ ONLY ONLY BY MOSES HAS HE SPOKEN YAHWEH ¿ NOT ALSO BY <THE> US HAS HE SPOKEN AND HE HEARD YAHWEH 2“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
3AND THE MAN MOSES [WAS] HUMBLE VERY MORE THAN EVERY <THE> PERSON WHO [WAS] ON [THE] SURFACE OF THE GROUND 3Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
4AND HE SAID YAHWEH SUDDENLY TO MOSES AND TO AARON AND TO MIRIAM COME OUT O [THE] THREE OF YOU TO [THE] TENT OF MEETING AND THEY WENT OUT [THE] THREE OF THEM 4And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,
5AND HE CAME DOWN YAHWEH IN A PILLAR OF CLOUD AND HE STOOD [THE] ENTRANCE OF THE TENT AND HE SUMMONED AARON AND MIRIAM AND THEY WENT OUT BOTH OF THEM 5and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,
6AND HE SAID HEAR PLEASE WORDS MY IF HE IS PROPHET OF YOUR YAHWEH BY <THE> VISION TO HIM I MAKE MYSELF KNOWN BY <THE> A DREAM I SPEAK WITH <THE> HIM 6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
7NOT THUS SERVANT MY MOSES IN ALL HOUSE MY [IS] FAITHFUL HE 7But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.*NoteCloseCited in Hebrews 3:5
8MOUTH TO MOUTH I SPEAK WITH <THE> HIM AND A VISION AND NOT BY RIDDLES AND [THE] FORM OF YAHWEH HE SEES AND WHY? NOT WERE YOU AFRAID TO SPEAK AGAINST SERVANT MY AGAINST MOSES 8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
9AND IT BURNED [THE] ANGER OF YAHWEH ON <THE> THEM AND HE WENT 9So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.
10AND THE CLOUD IT DEPARTED FROM OVER THE TENT AND THERE! MIRIAM [WAS] LEPROUS LIKE <THE> SNOW AND HE TURNED AARON TO MIRIAM AND THERE! LEPROUS 10As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous,*NoteCloseThe Hebrew word traditionally translated as leprous was used for various skin diseases; see Leviticus 13. white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,
11AND HE SAID AARON TO MOSES PARDON ME O LORD MY DO NOT PLEASE MAY PUT ON US [THE] SIN WHICH WE HAVE ACTED FOOLISHLY AND WHICH WE HAVE SINNED 11and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
12MAY NOT PLEASE SHE BE LIKE <THE> DEAD [PERSON] WHOM WHEN CAME FORTH HE FROM [THE] WOMB OF MOTHER HIS AND IT WAS EATEN <THE> HALF OF FLESH HIS 12Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
13AND HE CRIED OUT MOSES TO YAHWEH <TO> SAYING O GOD PLEASE HEAL PLEASE <TO> <THE> HER 13So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
14AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO MOSES AND FATHER HER CERTAINLY <TO SPIT> HE HAD SPAT IN FACE HER ¿ NOT WILL SHE BE PUT TO SHAME SEVEN DAYS SHE WILL BE SHUT UP SEVEN DAYS FROM [THE] OUTSIDE OF THE CAMP AND AFTER SHE WILL BE RECEIVED 14But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
15AND SHE WAS SHUT UP MIRIAM FROM [THE] OUTSIDE OF THE CAMP SEVEN DAYS AND THE PEOPLE NOT IT SET OUT UNTIL WAS RECEIVED MIRIAM 15So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.
16AND AFTER THEY SET OUT THE PEOPLE FROM HAZEROTH AND THEY ENCAMPED IN [THE] WILDERNESS OF PARAN 16After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.