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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Numbers 12 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/numbers/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > Numbers 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/11.htm" title="Numbers 11">◄</a> Numbers 12 <a href="../numbers/13.htm" title="Numbers 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch04012" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn04012" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Jealousy of Aaron and Miriam.</span> <span id="v04012001" class="ver">1</span>Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on the pretext of the Cushite woman he had married; for he had in fact married a Cushite woman.<a id="rfn04012001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn04012001-1">*</a> <span id="v04012002" class="ver">2</span>They complained,<a id="rfn04012002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn04012002-1">*</a> “Is it through Moses alone that the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has spoken? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> heard this. <span id="v04012003" class="ver">3</span><a id="ren04012003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en04012003-a">a</a> Now the man Moses was very humble, more than anyone else on earth. <span id="v04012004" class="ver">4</span>So at once the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> said to Moses and Aaron and Miriam: Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting. And the three of them went. <span id="v04012005" class="ver">5</span>Then the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> came down in a column of cloud, and standing at the entrance of the tent, called, “Aaron and Miriam.” When both came forward, <span id="v04012006" class="ver">6</span>the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> said: Now listen to my words:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">If there are prophets among you,</p> <p class="sl1">in visions I reveal myself to them,</p> <p class="sl1">in dreams I speak to them;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v04012007" class="ver">7</span>Not so with my servant Moses!</p> <p class="sl">Throughout my house he is worthy of trust:<a id="rfn04012007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn04012007-1">*</a> <a id="ren04012007-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en04012007-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v04012008" class="ver">8</span>face to face I speak to him,<a id="ren04012008-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en04012008-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">plainly and not in riddles.</p> <p class="sll">The likeness of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> he beholds.</p> </div> <p class="pcon">Why, then, do you not fear to speak against my servant Moses? <span id="v04012009" class="ver">9</span>And so the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s wrath flared against them, and he departed.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Miriam’s Punishment.</span> <span id="v04012010" class="ver">10</span>Now the cloud withdrew from the tent, and there was Miriam,<a id="ren04012010-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en04012010-d">d</a> stricken with a scaly infection, white as snow!<a id="rfn04012010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn04012010-1">*</a> When Aaron turned toward Miriam and saw her stricken with snow-white scales, <span id="v04012011" class="ver">11</span>he said to Moses, “Ah, my lord! Please do not charge us with the sin that we have foolishly committed! <span id="v04012012" class="ver">12</span>Do not let her be like the stillborn baby that comes forth from its mother’s womb with its flesh half consumed.” <span id="v04012013" class="ver">13</span>Then Moses cried to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, “Please, not this! Please, heal her!” <span id="v04012014" class="ver">14</span>But the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> answered Moses: Suppose her father had spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; afterwards she may be brought back. <span id="v04012015" class="ver">15</span>So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not start out again until she was brought back.</p> <p><span id="v04012016" class="ver">16</span>After that the people set out from Hazeroth and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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