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And Miriam speaketh -- Aaron also -- against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken;
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and they say , `Only by Moses hath Jehovah spoken ? also by us hath he not spoken ?' and Jehovah heareth .
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And the man Moses [is] very humble , more than any of the men who [are] on the face of the ground .
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And Jehovah saith suddenly unto Moses , and unto Aaron , and unto Miriam , `Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting;' and they three come out.
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And Jehovah cometh down in the pillar of the cloud , and standeth at the opening of the tent , and calleth Aaron and Miriam , and they come out both of them.
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And He saith , `Hear , I pray you, My words : If your prophet is of Jehovah -- in an appearance unto him I make Myself known ; in a dream I speak with him;
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not so My servant Moses ; in all My house he [is] stedfast;
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mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and [by] an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant -- against Moses ?'
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And the anger of Jehovah burneth against them, and He goeth on,
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and the cloud hath turned aside from off the tent , and lo, Miriam [is] leprous as snow ; and Aaron turneth unto Miriam , and lo, leprous!
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And Aaron saith unto Moses , `O, my lord , I pray thee, lay not upon us sin [in] which we have been foolish, and [in] which we have sinned;
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let her not, I pray thee, be as [one] dead , when in his coming out from the womb of his mother -- the half of his flesh is consumed .'
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And Moses crieth unto Jehovah , saying, `O God, I pray Thee, give, I pray Thee, healing to her.'
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses , `And her father had but spat in her face -- is she not ashamed seven days ? she is shut out seven days at the outside of the camp , and afterwards she is gathered .'
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And Miriam is shut out at the outside of the camp seven days , and the people hath not journeyed till Miriam is gathered ;
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and afterwards have the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and they encamp in the wilderness of Paran .