Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses
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Then a Miriam and Aaron spoke b against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for c he had married an Ethiopian woman.
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So they said, "Has the LORD indeed spoken only through d Moses? e Has He not spoken through us also?" And the LORD f heard it.
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(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.)
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g Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!" So the three came out.
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h Then the LORD came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward.
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Then He said,
"Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the LORD, make Myself known to him i in a vision;
I speak to him j in a dream.
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Not so with k My servant Moses;
l He is faithful in all m My house.
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I speak with him n face to face,
Even o plainly, and not in dark sayings;
And he sees p the form of the LORD.
Why then q were you not afraid
To speak against My servant Moses?"
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So the anger of the LORD was aroused against them, and He departed.
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And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, r suddenly Miriam became s leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper.
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So Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord! Please t do not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned.
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"Please u do not let her be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb!"
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So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "Please v heal her, O God, I pray!"
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had but w spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be x shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again."
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y So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again.
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And afterward the people moved from z Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
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Cross References
Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Exodus 15:21
And Miriam answered them: "Sing to the LORD, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!
Numbers 20:1
Then the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there.
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Numbers 11:1
Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp.
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Exodus 2:21
Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
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Numbers 16:3
They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, " You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?
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Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Micah 6:4
For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I redeemed you from the house of bondage; And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
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Genesis 29:33
Then she conceived again and bore a son, and sa...
Numbers 11:1
Now when the people complained, it displeased t...
2 Kings 19:4
'It may be that the LORD your God will hear all...
Isaiah 37:4
'It may be that the LORD your God will hear the...
Ezekiel 35:12
"Then you shall know that I am the LORD. I have...
Ezekiel 35:13
"Thus with your mouth you have boasted against ...
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Psalms 76:9
When God arose to judgment, To deliver all the oppressed of the earth. Selah
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Exodus 19:9
And the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in the thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever." So Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
Exodus 34:5
Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
Numbers 11:25
Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again.
Numbers 16:19
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation.
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Genesis 46:2
Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the ...
1 Samuel 3:15
So Samuel lay down until morning, and opened th...
Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep...
Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in t...
Daniel 8:2
I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I...
Luke 1:11
Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, stan...
Acts 10:11
And saw heaven opened and an object like a grea...
Acts 10:17
Now while Peter wondered within himself what th...
Acts 22:17
Now it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem a...
Acts 22:18
"and saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste and get ...
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Genesis 31:10
And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted.
1 Kings 3:5
At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask! What shall I give you?
1 Kings 3:15
Then Solomon awoke; and indeed it had been a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
Matthew 1:20
But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
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Joshua 1:1
After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying:
Psalms 105:26
He sent Moses His servant, And Aaron whom He had chosen.
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Hebrews 3:2
Who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.
Hebrews 3:5
And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward.
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1 Timothy 1:12
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.
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Exodus 33:11
So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.
Deuteronomy 34:10
But since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face.
Hosea 12:13
By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet he was preserved.
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1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
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Exodus 33:19 - 23
Then He said, "I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
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2 Peter 2:10
And especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries.
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Deuteronomy 24:9
Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt!
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Exodus 4:6
Furthermore the LORD said to him, "Now put your hand in your bosom." And he put his hand in his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, like snow.
2 Kings 5:27
Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and your descendants forever." And he went out from his presence leprous, as white as snow.
2 Kings 15:5
Then the LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his death; so he dwelt in an isolated house. And Jotham the king's son was over the royal house, judging the people of the land.
2 Chronicles 26:19
Then Uzziah became furious; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the incense altar.
2 Chronicles 26:20
And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and there, on his forehead, he was leprous; so they thrust him out of that place. Indeed he also hurried to get out, because the LORD had struck him.
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2 Samuel 19:19
Then he said to the king, "Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember what wrong your servant did on the day that my lord the king left Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.
2 Samuel 24:10
And David's heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O LORD, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.
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Psalms 88:4
I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I am like a man who has no strength.
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Psalms 103:3
Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases.
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Deuteronomy 25:9
"then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house.'
Job 30:10
They abhor me, they keep far from me; They do not hesitate to spit in my face.
Isaiah 50:6
I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.
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Leviticus 13:46
He shall be unclean. All the days he has the sore he shall be unclean. He is unclean, and he shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.
Numbers 5:1 - 4
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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Deuteronomy 24:9
Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt!
2 Chronicles 26:20
And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and there, on his forehead, he was leprous; so they thrust him out of that place. Indeed he also hurried to get out, because the LORD had struck him.
2 Chronicles 26:21
King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He dwelt in an isolated house, because he was a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD. Then Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
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Numbers 11:35
From Kibroth Hattaavah the people moved to Hazeroth, and camped at Hazeroth.
Numbers 33:17
They departed from Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
Numbers 33:18
They departed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
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