1And all the congregation lifted up and gave (forth) their voice; and all the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Mosheh and Aharon; and the whole congregation said to them, that we had died in the land of Mizraim, or that we had died in this wilderness! 3 And why is the Lord bringing us to this land, that we may fall by the sword, and our wives and our children become a prey? Would it not be better for us to return into Mizraim? 4 And they said, a man to his brother, Let us appoint a chieftain, and go back into Mizraim. 5 And Mosheh and Aharon fell upon their faces before all the assembly of the sons of Israel. 6 And Jehoshua bar Nun, and Kaleb bar Jephuneh, who were of the explorers of the land, rent their clothes. 7 And they spake to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying: The land, which we passed through to explore it, is a good land, most exceedingly. 8 If the Lord hath pleasure in us, even He will bring us into this land, and give us the land which produceth milk and honey. 9 Only be not rebellious against the Word of the Lord, nor be afraid of the people of the land, for, just as it is easy for us to eat bread, so it is easy in our sight to destroy them; their strength is departed from them, and the Word of the Lord is our helper: fear them not. 10 But all the congregation said that they would stone them with stones. And the Glory of the Lord was revealed at the tabernacle of ordinance, unto ail the children of Israel. 11 And the Lord said to Mosheh, How long will this people provoke Me, and how long will they disbelieve in My Word, for all the signs which I have wrought among them? 12 I will smite them with the pestilence and consume them; and will make of thee a people greater and stronger than they.
2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Moses prayed before the Lord and said, 'I beseech, by the mercies before you, O Lord gracious and merciful God, heal her.' 14 And the Lord said to Moses, 'Had indeed her father rebuked her severely, it would be just that she be humbled before him for seven days. Let her be shut up outside the camp for seven days, and after this she will be healed.' 15 And Miriam was shut up outside the camp for seven days; and the people did not journey until such time as Miriam was healed. 16 Although Miriam the prophetess was sentenced to become leprous, there is much teaching in this for the sages and for those who keep the law, that for a small precent which a man does, he receives for it a great reward. Because Miriam stood on the bank of the river to know what would ultimately become of Moses, Israel became sixty myriads - which is a total of eighty legions. And the clouds of the glory and the well did not move nor journey from their places until such time as the prophetess Miriam was healed of her leprosy. After this the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.