Numbers 12:1-9

The Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron

¹Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman); ²and they said, “Is it a fact that the Lord has spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us as well?” And the Lord heard this. ³(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any person who was on the face of the earth.) ⁴And the Lord suddenly said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “You three go out to the tent of meeting.” So the three of them went out. ⁵Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent; and He called Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward, ⁶He said,

“Now hear My words:

If there is a prophet among you,

I, the Lord, will make Myself known to him in a vision.

I will speak with him in a dream.

7“It is not this way for My servant Moses;

He is faithful in all My household;

8With him I speak mouth to mouth,

That is, openly, and not using mysterious language,

And he beholds the form of the Lord.

So why were you not afraid

To speak against My servant, against Moses?”

⁹And the anger of the Lord burned against them and He departed.