New American Standard Bible 2020

Numbers 12:2-10

2and they saidוַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “Is it a factאַךְ־'akh-H389that the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068has spokenדִּבֶּ֣רdi.BerH1696onlyH7534through Mosesבְּמֹשֶׁה֙be.mo.ShehH4872?Has He not spokenדִבֵּ֑רdi.BerH1696through us asH1571wellH1571?”And the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֖עvai.yish.Ma'H8085this.

3(Now the manוְהָאִ֥ישׁve.ha.'IshH376Mosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872wasveryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966humbleעָנָ֣יוa.navH6035,moreH4480thanH4480anyמִכֹּל֙mi.KolH3605personהָֽאָדָ֔םha.'a.DamH120whoאֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834was on the faceפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of the earthהָאֲדָמָֽה׃ סha.'a.da.MahH127.)

4And the Lordיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068suddenlyפִּתְאֹ֗םpit.'OmH6597saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Mosesמֹשֶׁ֤הmo.ShehH4872and to Aaronאַהֲרֹן֙'a.ha.RonH175and Miriamמִרְיָ֔םmir.YamH4813, “You threeשְׁלָשְׁתְּכֶ֖םshe.la.she.te.KhemH7969goH3318outH3318to the tentאֹ֣הֶל'O.helH168of meetingמוֹעֵ֑דmo.'EdH4150.”So the threeשְׁלָשְׁתָּֽם׃she.la.she.TamH7969of them wentH3318outH3318.

5Then the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068cameH3381downוַיֵּ֤רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381in a pillarבְּעַמּ֣וּדbe.'a.MudH5982of cloudעָנָ֔ן'a.NanH6051and stoodוַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975at the entranceפֶּ֣תַחPe.tachH6607of the tentהָאֹ֑הֶלha.'O.helH168;and He calledוַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'H7121Aaronאַהֲרֹ֣ן'a.ha.RonH175and Miriamוּמִרְיָ֔םu.mir.YamH4813.When they had bothשְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃she.nei.HemH8147comeH3318forwardH3318,

6He saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Nowנָ֣אna'H4994hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085My wordsדְבָרָ֑יde.va.RaiH1697:Ifאִם־'im-H518there is a prophetנְבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔םne.Vi.'a.KhemH5030among you,I, the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,will makeאֶתְוַדָּ֔ע'et.va.Da'H3045Myself knownH3045to him in avisionבַּמַּרְאָה֙ba.mar.'AhH4759.I will speakאֲדַבֶּר־'a.da.ber-H1696with him in adreamבַּחֲל֖וֹםba.cha.LomH2472.

7It isnot thisH3651wayH3651forMy servantעַבְדִּ֣י'av.DiH5650Mosesמֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehH4872;He is faithfulנֶאֱמָ֥ןne.'e.ManH539in allבְּכָל־be.kholH3605My householdבֵּיתִ֖יbei.TiH1004;

8With him I speakאֲדַבֶּר־'a.da.ber-H1696mouthפֶּ֣הpehH6310to mouthפֶּ֞הpehH6310,That is, openlyוּמַרְאֶה֙u.mar.'EhH4758, and not usingmysteriousH2420languageH2420,And he beholdsיַבִּ֑יטya.BitH5027the formוּתְמֻנַ֥תu.te.mu.NatH8544of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.So whyוּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙u.ma.Du.a'H4069wereH3372you not afraidיְרֵאתֶ֔םye.re.TemH3372To speakלְדַבֵּ֖רle.da.BerH1696against My servantבְּעַבְדִּ֥יbe.'av.DiH5650,against Mosesבְמֹשֶֽׁה׃ve.mo.ShehH4872?”

9And the angerאַ֧ף'afH639of the Lordיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068burnedוַיִּֽחַרvai.Yi.charH2734against them andHe departedוַיֵּלַֽךְ׃vai.ye.LakhH1980.

10But when the cloudוְהֶעָנָ֗ןve.he.'a.NanH6051had withdrawnסָ֚רsarH5493from aboveמֵעַ֣לme.'AlH5921the tentהָאֹ֔הֶלha.'O.helH168,beholdוְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.NehH2009,Miriamמִרְיָ֖םmir.YamH4813wasleprousמְצֹרַ֣עַתme.tzo.Ra.'atH6879, as white assnowכַּשָּׁ֑לֶגka.Sha.legH7950.As Aaronאַהֲרֹ֛ן'a.ha.RonH175turnedוַיִּ֧פֶןvai.Yi.fenH6437towardאֶל־'el-H413Miriamמִרְיָ֖םmir.YamH4813,beholdוְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.NehH2009, she wasleprousמְצֹרָֽעַת׃me.tzo.Ra.'atH6879.

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