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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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"><title>Numbers 12 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Miriam Is Punished</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_12_1"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.1" class="v4_12_1">1</span>Moses had married a Cushite<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.12.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> woman, and Miriam and Aaron criticized him for it. </span><span class="v4_12_2"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.2" class="v4_12_2">2</span>They said, “Has the <span class="nd">Lord</span> spoken only through<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.12.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Moses? Hasn't he also spoken through<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.12.2!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> us?” The <span class="nd">Lord</span> heard what they said. ( </span><span class="v4_12_3"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.3" class="v4_12_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.12.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Moses was a humble man, more humble than anyone else on earth.)</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_12_4"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.4" class="v4_12_4">4</span>Suddenly the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “I want the three of you to come out to the Tent of my presence.” They went, </span><span class="v4_12_5"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.5" class="v4_12_5">5</span>and the <span class="nd">Lord</span> 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, </span><span class="v4_12_6"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.6" class="v4_12_6">6</span>and the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said, “Now hear what I have to say! When there are prophets among you,<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.12.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> I reveal myself to them in visions and speak to them in dreams. </span><span class="v4_12_7"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.7" class="v4_12_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.12.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> It is different when I speak with my servant Moses; I have put him in charge of all my people Israel.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.12.7!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v4_12_8"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.8" class="v4_12_8">8</span>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?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_12_9"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.9" class="v4_12_9">9</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> was angry with them; and so as he departed </span><span class="v4_12_10"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.10" class="v4_12_10">10</span>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, </span><span class="v4_12_11"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.11" class="v4_12_11">11</span>he said to Moses, “Please, sir, do not make us suffer this punishment for our foolish sin. </span><span class="v4_12_12"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.12" class="v4_12_12">12</span>Don't let her become like something born dead with half its flesh eaten away.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_12_13"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.13" class="v4_12_13">13</span>So Moses cried out to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, “O God, heal her!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_12_14"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.14" class="v4_12_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.12.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> 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.” </span><span class="v4_12_15"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.15" class="v4_12_15">15</span>Miriam was shut out of the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought back in. </span><span class="v4_12_16"><span class="reftext" id="Num.12.16" class="v4_12_16">16</span>Then they left Hazeroth and set up camp in the wilderness of Paran.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.1: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Cushite </char><char style="ft" closed="false">(compare Hb 3.7); or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Midianite; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Ethiopian.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.2: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">through; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">to.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.2: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">through; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">to.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.6: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">When … you; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.7: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I have put … Israel; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">he can be trusted with all my affairs.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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