Numbers 12:1-8

1Moses had married a woman who was a descendant of Cush. Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because he had married that woman.

2They said, ‘We do not believe that the Lord has really spoken only by Moses. We believe that he has spoken by us too.’ The Lord heard what they said.

3Moses was a very humble man. He was the most humble person in the whole world.

4Immediately, the Lord said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, ‘You three people come out to the Tent of Meeting.’ So the three people went there.

5Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud. He stood at the door of the tent. He said that Aaron and Miriam should come nearer. They both came nearer.

6Then he said, ‘Listen to my words! If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, will show myself to him in a vision. Or I will speak to him in a dream.

7But it is different when I speak to Moses. He is the one that I trust to lead all my people.

8I speak clearly to him, as I come near to him. I do not say things to him that are hard to understand. He even sees the shape of the Lord. So you should have been afraid to speak against my servant Moses!’