5Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud that resembled a huge white pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did.
6Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I usually reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams.
7But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people well.
8So I talk to him face-to-face. I speak to him ◄clearly/using words that he will understand easily►, not using parables. He has even seen what I look like. So you should be afraid to criticize my servant Moses!”
9Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.
10When the cloud rose up from the Sacred Tent, Aaron looked at Miriam, and he saw that her skin was as white as snow, because she now had leprosy.
11Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.
12Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”
13So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”
14But Yahweh replied, “If her father had rebuked her for doing something wrong by spitting in her face, she would have been ashamed for seven days. She should be ashamed because of what she has done. So send her outside the camp for seven days. Then she will not have leprosy anymore, and she may return to the camp.”
15So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. ◄The people/We► did not move to another location until she returned.
Numbers 12
Numbers 12:5-15