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Numbers 12:8-10
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Numbers 12:8-10
The Message
3-8 Now the man Moses was a quietly humble man, more so than anyone living on Earth. God broke in suddenly on Moses and Aaron and Miriam saying, “Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting.” The three went out. God descended in a Pillar of Cloud and stood at the entrance to the Tent. He called Aaron and Miriam to him. When they stepped out, he said,
Listen carefully to what I’m telling you.
If there is a prophet of God among you,
I make myself known to him in visions,
I speak to him in dreams.
But I don’t do it that way with my servant Moses;
he has the run of my entire house;
I speak to him intimately, in person,
in plain talk without riddles:
He ponders the very form of God.
So why did you show no reverence or respect
in speaking against my servant, against Moses?
9 The anger of God blazed out against them. And then he left.
10 When the Cloud moved off from the Tent, oh! Miriam had turned leprous, her skin like snow. Aaron took one look at Miriam—a leper!
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Numbers 12:8-10
New International Version
Numbers 12:8-10
New International Version
8 With him I speak face to face,
clearly and not in riddles;(A)
he sees the form of the Lord.(B)
Why then were you not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?”(C)
9 The anger of the Lord burned against them,(D) and he left them.(E)
10 When the cloud lifted from above the tent,(F) Miriam’s skin was leprous[a]—it became as white as snow.(G) Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease,(H)
Footnotes
- Numbers 12:10 The Hebrew for leprous was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
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