Daily Reading for Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021

Reading 1, Numbers 12:1-13

¹ Miriam, and Aaron too, criticised Moses over the Cushite woman he had married. He had indeed married a Cushite woman.

² They said, 'Is Moses the only one through whom Yahweh has spoken? Has he not spoken through us too?' Yahweh heard this.

³ Now Moses was extremely humble, the humblest man on earth.

⁴ Suddenly Yahweh said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, 'Come out, all three of you, to the Tent of Meeting.' They went, all three of them,

⁵ and Yahweh descended in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tent. He called Aaron and Miriam and they both came forward.

⁶ Yahweh said: Listen to my words! if there is a prophet among you, I reveal myself to him in a vision, I speak to him in a dream.

⁷ Not so with my servant Moses; to him my whole household is entrusted;

⁸ to him I speak face to face, plainly and not in riddles, and he sees Yahweh's form. How, then, could you dare to criticise my servant Moses?

⁹ Yahweh's anger was aroused by them. He went away,

¹⁰ and as soon as the cloud left the Tent, there was Miriam covered with a virulent skin-disease, white as snow! Aaron turned to look at her and saw that she had contracted a virulent skin-disease.

¹¹ Aaron said to Moses: 'Oh, my Lord, please do not punish us for the sin we have been foolish enough to commit.

¹² Do not let her be like some monster with its flesh half eaten away when it leaves its mother's womb!'

¹³ Moses pleaded with Yahweh. 'O God,' he said, 'I beg you, please heal her!'

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 51:3-4, 5-6, 6-7, 12-13

³ For I am well aware of my offences, my sin is constantly in mind.

⁴ Against you, you alone, I have sinned, I have done what you see to be wrong, that you may show your saving justice when you pass sentence, and your victory may appear when you give judgement,

⁵ remember, I was born guilty, a sinner from the moment of conception.

⁶ But you delight in sincerity of heart, and in secret you teach me wisdom.

⁷ Purify me with hyssop till I am clean, wash me till I am whiter than snow.

¹² Give me back the joy of your salvation, sustain in me a generous spirit.

¹³ I shall teach the wicked your paths, and sinners will return to you.

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