What is happening here?
Numbers 12 records Miriam and Aaron speaking against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman he had married and challenging his unique prophetic role. The LORD summons the three siblings and explains that Moses differs from ordinary prophets: God speaks with him mouth to mouth. Miriam becomes leprous, Aaron confesses the sin, and Moses intercedes for her. She is shut outside the camp seven days, and Israel does not travel until she is restored.
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