Numbers 12:1-16

“And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses . . .” (v. 1). All that takes place in Numbers 12 transpires at Hazeroth. While the scriptures do not state the calendar date of Miriam’s and Aaron’s opposition, it would have been in the second year following Israel’s departure from Egypt about two months prior to the ripening of the grapes in Canaan (see Num. 13:20).

Miriam and Aaron spoke out against Moses because he…