A   And Miriam ∧ Aaron spake agaynst Moses because of his wife the Morian ^note which he had taken, because he had tak&ebar; a Morian to wife, and they sayde: Doth the LORDE speake onely thorow Moses? Speaketh he not also by vs? And the LORDE herde it. ^noteBut 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 vnto þe; Tabernacle of wytnesse. And they wente out all thre.

^noteThen came the LORDE downe in the cloudy piler, ∧ stode in the dore of the Tabernacle, ∧ called Aaron ∧ Miriam, ∧ they both w&ebar;te out. And he sayde: Heare my wordes: Yf eny man be a prophet of the LORDE, vnto 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. ^noteMouth to mouth speake I vnto him, ∧ he seyth the LORDE in his fashion, not thorow darke wordes or licknesses: Wherfore were ye not afrayed then to speake agaynst my seruaunt Moses?

B   And þe; wrath of the LORDE waxed whote ouer them, ∧ he turned him awaye, and þe; cloude also departed from the Tabernacle. ^noteAnd beholde, then was Miriam become leporus, as it were snowe. And Aaron turned him vnto Miriam, and sawe that she was leporous, and sayde vnto Moses: Oh my lorde, put not the synne vpon vs, which we haue 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, ∧ sayde: Oh God, heale her. The LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Yf hir father had spytte in hir face, shulde she not be ashamed seuen dayes? ^noteLet her be shut out of þe; hoost seu&ebar; dayes, after þt; let her be receaued agayne. So Miriam was shut out of the hoost seu&ebar; dayes, ∧ the people wente no farther, tyll Miriam was receaued againe. Afterwarde departed the people from Hazeroth, and pitched in þe; wildernesse of Paran. ^note

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