Miriam
Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron, was a prophetess who played a significant role in the Exodus and the Israelites' journey through the wilderness.
The name Miriam means “rebellion”
FemaleMoses' sisterTribe of LeviEgypt and Wilderness eraOld Testament5 books16 verses
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- מִרְיָםMiriam
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Includes 4 verses that refer to Miriam without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.
- Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
- Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
- Numbers 12:2Referred to, not named“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
- And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,
- …and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,
- As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,
- Numbers 12:12Referred to, not namedPlease do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
- Numbers 12:13Referred to, not namedSo Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
- Numbers 12:14Referred to, not namedBut the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
- So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.
- In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- …and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
- Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.
- The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.