^{1 Ref} Now Miriam and Aaron said evil against Moses, because of the Cushite woman to whom he was married, for he had taken a Cushite woman as his wife.

^{2 Ref} And they said, Have the words of the Lord been given to Moses only? have they not come to us? And the Lord took note of it.

^{3 Ref} Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.

^{4 Ref} And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and Aaron and Miriam, Come out, you three, to the Tent of meeting. And the three of them went out.

^{5 Ref} And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, taking his place at the door of the Tent, and made Aaron and Miriam come before him.

^{6 Ref} And he said, Now give ear to my words: if there is a prophet among you I will give him knowledge of myself in a vision and will let my words come to him in a dream.

^{7 Ref} My servant Moses is not so; he is true to me in all my house:

^{8 Ref} With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?

^{9 Ref} And burning with wrath against them, the Lord went away.