1 Now Miriam and Aaron said evil against Moses, because of the Cushite woman to whom he was married, for he had taken a Cushite woman as his wife.

2 And they said, Have the words of the Lord been given to Moses only? have they not come to us? And the Lord took note of it.

3 Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.

4 And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and Aaron and Miriam, Come out, you three, to the Tent of meeting. And the three of them went out.

5 And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, taking his place at the door of the Tent, and made Aaron and Miriam come before him.

6 And he said, Now give ear to my words: if there is a prophet among you I will give him knowledge of myself in a vision and will let my words come to him in a dream.

7 My servant Moses is not so; he is true to me in all my house:

8 With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?

9 And burning with wrath against them, the Lord went away.

10 And the cloud was moved from over the Tent; and straight away Miriam became a leper, as white as snow: and Aaron, looking at Miriam, saw that she was a leper.

11 Then Aaron said to Moses, O my lord, let not our sin be on our heads, for we have done foolishly and are sinners.

12 Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half wasted when he comes out from the body of his mother.

13 And Moses, crying to the Lord, said, Let my prayer come before you, O God, and make her well.

14 And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had put a mark of shame on her, would she not be shamed for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days, and after that she may come in again.

15 So Miriam was shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days: and the people did not go forward on their journey till Miriam had come in again.

16 After that, the people went on from Hazeroth and put up their tents in the waste land of Paran.

1 米利暗和亚伦， 为了摩西所娶的古实女子的缘故， 就出言反对摩西， 因为他娶了一个古实女子为妻。

2 他们说： "难道耶和华单单与摩西说话， 不也与我们说话吗？"这话耶和华听见了。

3 摩西为人十分谦和， 胜过世上所有的人。

4 耶和华忽然对摩西、亚伦和米利暗说： "你们三个人都出来， 到会幕那里去。"他们三个人就出来。

5 耶和华在云柱中降临， 停在会幕门口， 呼召亚伦和米利暗； 他们二人就前去。

6 耶和华说： "现在你们要听我的话， 如果你们中间有先知， 我耶和华必在异象中向他显现， 在梦中与他说话。

7 可是， 对我的仆人摩西却不是这样， 他是在我全家忠心的。

8 我要与他面对面说话， 是亲自说的， 不是用谜语； 他必看见耶和华的形象， 你们出言反对我的仆人摩西， 为什么不惧怕呢？"

9 耶和华向他们发怒， 就走了。

10 云彩从会幕上离开， 米利暗就长了大痲风， 像雪那样白； 亚伦转身过来看米利暗， 见她长了大痲风。

11 亚伦就对摩西说： "我主啊， 求你不要因我们行事愚昧所犯的罪， 就把这罪加在我们身上。

12 求你不要叫她像个死胎， 一出母腹， 肉就半腐烂了。"

13 于是摩西向耶和华哀求， 说： " 神啊， 求你医好她。"

14 耶和华对摩西说： "如果她的父亲吐唾沫在她脸上， 她不是要蒙羞七天吗？现在把她关在营外七天， 然后才让她回来。"

15 于是米利暗被关在营外七天； 人民没有启程， 直到把米利暗接回来。

16 然后， 人民从哈洗录起行， 在巴兰的旷野安营。