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* And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married : for he had married (note :)Zipporah , Moses ' wife , was a Midianite , and because Midian bordered on Ethiopia , it is sometimes referred to in the scriptures by this name .(:note ) an Ethiopian woman . * And they saide , What ? hath the Lorde spoken but onely by Moses ? hath he not spoken also by vs ? and the Lord heard this . * (Now the man Moses [was ] very (note :)And so endured their grudging , although he knew of them .(:note ) meek , above all the men which [were ] upon the face of the earth .) * And by and by the Lorde sayd vnto Moses , and vnto Aaron , and vnto Miriam , come out yee three vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregation : and they three came forth . * Then the Lorde came downe in the pillar of the cloude , and stoode in the doore of the Tabernacle , and called Aaron and Miriam , &amp ; they both came forth . * And he said , Hear now my words : If there be a prophet among you , [I ] the LORD will make myself known unto him in a (note :)These were the two ordinary means .(:note ) vision , [and ] will speak unto him in a dream . * My servant Moses [is ] not so , who [is ] faithful (note :)In all Israel which was his Church .(:note ) in all mine house . * With him will I speak mouth to mouth , even apparently , and not in dark speeches ; and the similitude of the LORD shall he (note :)As far as any man was able to comprehend , which he calls his back parts , ( Exo_33:23 ).(:note ) behold : wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses ? * Thus the Lorde was very angrie with them , and departed . * And the cloud departed from off the (note :)From the door of the tabernacle .(:note ) tabernacle ; and , behold , Miriam [became ] leprous , [white ] as snow : and Aaron looked upon Miriam , and , behold , [she was ] leprous . * Then Aaron saide vnto Moses , Alas , my Lord , I beseech thee , lay not the sinne vpon vs , which we haue foolishly committed and wherein we haue sinned . * Let her not be as one (note :)As a child that is stillborn , as if it is only the skin .(:note ) dead , of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother 's womb . * Then Moses cryed vnto the Lord , saying , O God , I beseech thee , heale her nowe . * And the LORD said unto Moses , If her father had but (note :)In his displeasure .(:note ) spit in her face , should she not be ashamed seven days ? let her be shut out from the camp seven days , and after that let her be received in [again ]. * So Miriam was shut out of the hoste seuen dayes , and the people remooued not , till Miriam was brought in againe . * And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth , and pitched in the wilderness of (note :)That is , in Rithmah , which was in Paran , ( Num_33:18 ).(:note ) Paran .

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