Why did Miriam and Aaron become opposed to Moses’ Cushite wife? (Numbers 12:1)

 Numbers 12 New International Version (NIV)
Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses

12 Miriam(A) and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife,(B) for he had married a Cushite.

Footnotes:

    Numbers 12:10 The Hebrew for leprous was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

Cross references:

    Numbers 12:1 : S Ex 15:20
    Numbers 12:1 : S Ex 2:21

Numbers 12:1

ESV - ¹ Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman.

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