1 Tad Mirjama un Arons cēla iebildumus pret Mozu aitiopietes dēļ, ko viņš bija sev ņēmis, jo viņš kādu aitiopieti bija apņēmis par sievu.
2 Un tie kurnēja: „Vai tas Kungs tiešām tikai vien ar Mozu ir runājis? Vai Viņš nav arī ar mums runājis?“
3 Un tas Kungs to dzirdēja; bet šis vīrs, Mozus, bija ļoti lēnprātīgs, lēnprātīgāks nekā visi citi cilvēki virs zemes.
4 Tad tas Kungs negaidot sacīja Mozum, Aronam un Mirjamai: „Iznāciet ārā jūs trīs kopā pie saiešanas telts!“ Un viņi visi trīs kopā iznāca ārā.
5 Tad tas Kungs nonāca mākoņa stabā, un Viņš stāvēja saiešanas telts durvis; un Viņš sauca Aronu un Mirjamu, un abi iznāca ārā.
6 Un tas Kungs sacīja: „Klausiet tagad manus vārdus! Ja jūsu vidū ir pravietis, tad Es, tas Kungs, viņam atklājos vai nu parādībās, vai Es ar viņu runāju sapņos.
7 Tāds nav mans kalps Mozus, kas visā manā namā ir uzticams;
8 Vaigu pret vaigu Es ar to runāju un ne ar parādībām, ne ar mīklām, bet redzēdams viņš ir redzējis tā Kunga vaigu; kādēļ jūs nebīstaties runāt pret manu kalpu Mozu?“
9 Un tas Kungs iekaisa savās dusmās pret tiem un aizgāja no viņiem.
10 Bet kad mākonis atstājās nost no telts durvīm, tad, redzi, Mirjama bija kļuvusi spitālīga kā sniegs; un kad Arons pagriezās pret Mirjamu, tad, redzi, tā bija kļuvusi spitālīga.
11 Tad Arons sarija Mozum: „Mans pavēlniek, nepieskaiti, lūdzams, mums mūsu grēkus, ko mēs alodamies esam izdarījuši un ar ko esam apgrēkojušies!
12 Lai viņa, Mirjama, nav kā tāds, kas nedzīvs iziet no mātes miesām, kam viņa miesa jau ir pa pusei saēsta!“
13 Tad Mozus brēca, lūgdamies uz to Kungu, un sarija: „Ak Dievs, lūdzu dziedini viņu atkal!“ ra 364 litri.
14 Un tas Kungs atbildēja Mozum: „Kad viņas tēvs spļaudams viņas vaigā būtu spļāvis, vai tad tā nekaunētos septiņas dienas? Liec to ieslodzīt septi-ņas dienas ārpus nometnes, un pēc tam to atkal pieņemiet.“
15 Tad Mirjama tika ieslodzīta ārpus nometnes septiņas dienas, bet tauta nekustējās no tās vietas, kamēr Mirjama nebija atkal tikusi uzņemta tās pulkā.
16 Bet pēc tam tauta atstāja Hacerotu un apmetās Pāranas tuksnesi.
Miriam Is Punished
1 Moses had married a Cushite woman, and Miriam and Aaron criticized him for it. 2 They said, “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Hasn't he also spoken through us?” The Lord heard what they said. ( 3 Moses was a humble man, more humble than anyone else on earth.)
4 Suddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “I want the three of you to come out to the Tent of my presence.” They went, 5 and the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance of the Tent, and called out, “Aaron! Miriam!” The two of them stepped forward, 6 and the Lord said, “Now hear what I have to say! When there are prophets among you, I reveal myself to them in visions and speak to them in dreams. 7 It is different when I speak with my servant Moses; I have put him in charge of all my people Israel. 8 So I speak to him face-to-face, clearly and not in riddles; he has even seen my form! How dare you speak against my servant Moses?”
9 The Lord was angry with them; and so as he departed 10 and the cloud left the Tent, Miriam's skin was suddenly covered with a dreaded disease and turned as white as snow. When Aaron looked at her and saw that she was covered with the disease, 11 he said to Moses, “Please, sir, do not make us suffer this punishment for our foolish sin. 12 Don't let her become like something born dead with half its flesh eaten away.”
13 So Moses cried out to the Lord, “O God, heal her!”
14 The Lord answered, “If her father had spit in her face, she would have to bear her disgrace for seven days. So let her be shut out of the camp for a week, and after that she can be brought back in.” 15 Miriam was shut out of the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought back in. 16 Then they left Hazeroth and set up camp in the wilderness of Paran.
