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- Miriam Was One of the 7 Prophetesses of the Bible. The Talmud1 lists seven prophetesses in Jewish tradition: Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah and Esther, providing scriptural support showing that each one of these special women were indeed prophetesses.
- She Was the Elder Sister of Aaron and Moses. As proof that Miriam was a prophetess, the Talmud cites the verse “Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand.”
- Her Name Means “Bitter” Art by Sefira Lightstone. The ancient work Seder Olam,3 which provides a chronological history of the Jewish people, relates that Miriam got her name, which means “bitter,” as a reflection of the bitter oppression under which the people lived at the time.
- She Is Identified As Puah. The book of Exodus tells the story of Shifrah and Puah, the brave Hebrew midwives who stood up to Pharaoh and refused to kill the baby boys who were born among the Hebrew slaves.
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- In Miriam's Merit
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Miriam was a prophetess, as the Torah states clearly.1 Our sages tell us that the spirit of prophecy came to her when she was still a child. Her earliest prophecy was that her mother was going to give birth to a son who would free the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage. This is one of the reasons why she was also called Puah, meaning “Whisperer,” ...
To escape the king’s officers, who went around searching for Jewish baby boys to snatch them away and throw them into the Nile, Yocheved hid little Moses for three months, but then could not hide him any longer. She placed her wonderful little boy in a basket, which she placed among the reeds at the river’s bank. Miriam was certain that her little ...
Our sages say that the three great divine gifts that sustained the Jewish people in the desert—the Manna, the clouds of glory and the well—were in the merit of these three worthy shepherds, Moses, Aaron and Miriam respectively. “Miriam’s Well,” as it became known—a rolling rock that accompanied the Jewish people on their wanderings—provided fresh w...
There was another occasion when Miriam came into the spotlight. It was a rather regrettable incident, and she was not spared the consequences. Miriam made the mistake of criticizing her brother Moses, which she voiced to Aaron. She spoke unkindly of Moses when he divorced his wife, Tzipporah. She did not realize that Moses had acted wisely, for he ...
Miriam died at the age of 126 (or 127) in Kadesh, and she was buried there.7 When she died, a strange thing happened. The well suddenly dried up, and the rock from which the water used to flow disappeared among the other rocks in the desert. Now the people knew for sure that it was in Miriam’s zechus (merit) that they had enjoyed fresh water all th...
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Jun 17, 2022 · Num 12:1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Kushite woman whom he had married: “He married a Kushite woman.” [2] Interpreters have long understood Kush to be a reference to Nubia, and the complaint to be about her ethnicity or her color. [3] . R. Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089–1167) mentions both possibilities:
Where was Aaron when Moses was put in the basket by his mother? Did Moses and Aaron have the same parents? The Bible also mentions Miriam as Aaron's sister (Exodus 15:20) but why not Moses as well? Could you explain the family relationship of these three? Bible Answer: This article explores the relationship of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
Aug 10, 2023 · Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron, committed a sin by speaking ill of Moses and criticizing his leadership. According to the book of Numbers in the Bible, Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because he had taken a Cushite wife, which seemed inappropriate to them.
Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. And Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”.
Numbers 12. Contemporary English Version. Miriam and Aaron Are Jealous of Moses. 12 1-3 Although Moses was the most humble person in all the world, Miriam and Aaron started complaining, “Moses had no right to marry that woman from Ethiopia![ a] Who does he think he is? The Lord has spoken to us, not just to him.”
