Saadia · Bamidbar 12

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  1. Bamidbar 12:1

    וַתְּדַבֵּר מִרְיָם וְאַהֲרֹן בְּמֹשֶׁה עַל-אֹדוֹת הָאִשָּׁה הַכֻּשִׁית אֲשֶׁר לָקָח כִּי-אִשָּׁה כֻשִׁית לָקָח

    . .

    Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on account of the fair woman whom he had married, for he had kept himself apart from her.

  2. Bamidbar 12:2

    וַיֹּאמְרוּ הֲרַק אַךְ-בְּמֹשֶׁה דִּבֶּר יְהוָה--הֲלֹא גַּם-בָּנוּ דִבֵּר וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהוָה

    . . .

    And they said: 'If it be on account of prophecy — was it only he alone whom God addressed? Has God not addressed us as well?' And God heard that.

  3. Bamidbar 12:3

    וְהָאִישׁ מֹשֶׁה עָנָו מְאֹד--מִכֹּל הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר עַל-פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה

    . .

    Now Moses was a man exceedingly humble — more than all the people who are upon the face of the earth.

  4. Bamidbar 12:4

    וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה פִּתְאֹם אֶל-מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל-אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל-מִרְיָם צְאוּ שְׁלָשְׁתְּכֶם אֶל-אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וַיֵּצְאוּ שְׁלָשְׁתָּם

    . . .

    And God said suddenly to Moses and Aaron and Miriam: 'Come out, the three of you, to the tent of the assembly.' And the three of them came out.

  5. Bamidbar 12:5

    וַיֵּרֶד יְהוָה בְּעַמּוּד עָנָן וַיַּעֲמֹד פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל וַיִּקְרָא אַהֲרֹן וּמִרְיָם וַיֵּצְאוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם

    . . .

    And God appeared in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the tent, and called: 'O Aaron, and O Miriam!' And the two of them came out.

  6. Bamidbar 12:6

    וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְעוּ-נָא דְבָרָי אִם-יִהְיֶה נְבִיאֲכֶם--יְהוָה בַּמַּרְאָה אֵלָיו אֶתְוַדָּע בַּחֲלוֹם אֲדַבֶּר-בּוֹ

    . . .

    He said: 'Hear my words. If there be a prophet among you — I, God, make Myself known to him in a vision, or I speak to him in a dream.

  7. Bamidbar 12:7

    לֹא-כֵן עַבְדִּי מֹשֶׁה בְּכָל-בֵּיתִי נֶאֱמָן הוּא

    .

    Not so My servant Moses — rather, throughout all My nation he is trusted.

  8. Bamidbar 12:8

    פֶּה אֶל-פֶּה אֲדַבֶּר-בּוֹ וּמַרְאֶה וְלֹא בְחִידֹת וּתְמֻנַת יְהוָה יַבִּיט וּמַדּוּעַ לֹא יְרֵאתֶם לְדַבֵּר בְּעַבְדִּי בְמֹשֶׁה

    . . .

    Mouth to mouth I address him, and by vision and not in riddles; and the created forms of God appointed for him — he beholds them. Why then were the two of you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?'

  9. Bamidbar 12:9

    וַיִּחַר-אַף יְהוָה בָּם וַיֵּלַךְ

    .

    And God's anger intensified against them, and His light ascended.

  10. Bamidbar 12:10

    וְהֶעָנָן סָר מֵעַל הָאֹהֶל וְהִנֵּה מִרְיָם מְצֹרַעַת כַּשָּׁלֶג וַיִּפֶן אַהֲרֹן אֶל-מִרְיָם וְהִנֵּה מְצֹרָעַת

    . . .

    And as the cloud withdrew from the tent, behold — Miriam was white as snow. And when Aaron turned toward Miriam, behold, she was stricken with a skin-affliction.

  11. Bamidbar 12:11

    וַיֹּאמֶר אַהֲרֹן אֶל-מֹשֶׁה בִּי אֲדֹנִי--אַל-נָא תָשֵׁת עָלֵינוּ חַטָּאת אֲשֶׁר נוֹאַלְנוּ וַאֲשֶׁר חָטָאנוּ

    . . .

    And Aaron said to Moses: 'O my lord, do not lay a sin upon us for what we did in our ignorance and in our error.

  12. Bamidbar 12:12

    אַל-נָא תְהִי כַּמֵּת אֲשֶׁר בְּצֵאתוֹ מֵרֶחֶם אִמּוֹ וַיֵּאָכֵל חֲצִי בְשָׂרוֹ

    .

    Let her not be like a stillborn that comes out from its mother's womb with half its body already wasted away.'

  13. Bamidbar 12:13

    וַיִּצְעַק מֹשֶׁה אֶל-יְהוָה לֵאמֹר אֵל נָא רְפָא נָא לָהּ

    . .

    And Moses cried out to his Lord, saying: 'O God, heal her, I pray!'

  14. Bamidbar 12:14

    וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה וְאָבִיהָ יָרֹק יָרַק בְּפָנֶיהָ--הֲלֹא תִכָּלֵם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תִּסָּגֵר שִׁבְעַת יָמִים מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה וְאַחַר תֵּאָסֵף

    . . . .

    And God said to Moses: 'Were her father to spit in her face, would she not be obliged to feel shame before him for seven days? Let her remain thus outside the camp, and after that she shall rejoin it.'

  15. Bamidbar 12:15

    וַתִּסָּגֵר מִרְיָם מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים וְהָעָם לֹא נָסַע עַד-הֵאָסֵף מִרְיָם

    . . .

    And Miriam remained outside the camp for seven days; and the people did not set out until she had rejoined.

  16. Bamidbar 12:16

    וְאַחַר נָסְעוּ הָעָם מֵחֲצֵרוֹת וַיַּחֲנוּ בְּמִדְבַּר פָּארָן

    .

    And after that they set out from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.

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