The XII. Chapter.
ANd Miriam & Aaron spake agaynst [ A] Moses because of his wife the Mo∣rian which he had taken, because he had takē a Morian to wife, and they sayde: Doth the LORDE speake onely thorow Mo¦ses? Speaketh he not also by vs? And the LORDE herde it. But Moses was a very meke man, aboue all men vpon earth. And haistely spake the LORDE vnto Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam: Go out ye thre vn¦to ye Tabernacle of wytnesse. And they wen¦te out all thre.
Then came the LORDE downe in the clou¦dy piler, & stode in the dore of the Taberna∣cle, & called Aaron & Miriam, & they both wēte out. And he sayde: Heare my wordes: Yf eny man be a prophet of the LORDE, vn∣to him wil I shewe my self in a vision, or wil speake vnto him in a dreame. But not so wt my seruaunt Moses, which is faithfull in all my house. Mouth to mouth speake I vnto him, & he seyth the LORDE in his fashi∣on, not thorow darke wordes or licknesses: Wherfore were ye not afrayed then to spea∣ke agaynst my seruaunt Moses?
And ye wrath of the LORDE waxed who¦te [ B] ouer them, & he turned him awaye, and ye cloude also departed from the Tabernacle. And beholde, then was Miriam become le∣porus, as it were snowe. And Aaron turned him vnto Miriam, and sawe that she was leporous, and sayde vnto Moses: Oh my lor¦de, put not the synne vpon vs, which we ha∣ue foolishly committed and synned, that she be not as one that commeth deed out of his mothers wombe: It hath eaten vp half hir flesh allready.
But Moses cried vnto the LORDE, & say∣de: Oh God, heale her. The LORDE sayde vn¦to Moses: Yf hir father had spytte in hir fa¦ce, shulde she not be ashamed seuen dayes? Let her be shut out of ye hoost seuē dayes, after yt let her be receaued agayne. So Mi∣riam was shut out of the hoost seuē dayes, & the people wente no farther, tyll Miriam was receaued againe. Afterwarde departed the people from Hazeroth, and pitched in ye wildernesse of Paran.