4So immediately the Lord called to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam and said, “Go out to the Tabernacle,12:4 Hebrew the Tent of Meeting. all three of you!” So the three of them went to the Tabernacle.

5Then the Lord descended in the pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle.12:5 Hebrew the tent; also in 12:10. “Aaron and Miriam!” he called, and they stepped forward.

6And the Lord said to them, “Now listen to what I say:

9The Lord was very angry with them, and he departed.

10As the cloud moved from above the Tabernacle, there stood Miriam, her skin as white as snow from leprosy.12:10 Or with a skin disease. The Hebrew word used here can describe various skin diseases. When Aaron saw what had happened to her,

11he cried out to Moses, “Oh, my master! Please don’t punish us for this sin we have so foolishly committed.

12Don’t let her be like a stillborn baby, already decayed at birth.”

13So Moses cried out to the Lord, “O God, I beg you, please heal her!”

14But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had done nothing more than spit in her face, wouldn’t she be defiled for seven days? So keep her outside the camp for seven days, and after that she may be accepted back.”

15So Miriam was kept outside the camp for seven days, and the people waited until she was brought back before they traveled again.

16Then they left Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.