Numbers 12:1–8

Miriam and Aaron Speak Against Moses

¹Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had taken as a wife (for he had taken a ^aCushite woman);

^2aand they said, “Has Yahweh indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us as well?” And Yahweh heard it.

³(Now the man Moses was ^avery humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)

⁴Suddenly Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron and to Miriam, “You three come out to the tent of meeting.” So the three of them came out.

^5aThen Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tent, and He called ¹Aaron and Miriam. And then both came forward,

⁶and He said,

“Hear now My words:

If there is a prophet among you,

I, Yahweh, shall make Myself known to him in a ^avision.

I shall speak with him in a ^bdream.

⁷“Not so, with ^aMy servant Moses,

^bHe is faithful in all My household;

^8aWith him I speak mouth to mouth,

Indeed clearly, and not in riddles,

And he beholds ^bthe form of Yahweh.

Why then were you not afraid

To speak against My servant, against Moses?”