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Miriam
Miriam was the sister of Moses and Aaron and a prophetess who, according to Exodus, took up a timbrel and sang with the women after the crossing of the Red Sea. Numbers records that she was struck with a skin disease after speaking against Moses, and that she died at Kadesh.
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- Song of MiriamBible
The Song of Miriam is a short hymn of praise sung by the prophetess Miriam as she led the women with timbrels and dancing after Israel crossed the Red Sea. It is recorded in Exodus 15:20-21.
- Numbers 12Bible
Numbers 12 recounts how Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses over his Cushite wife, how God affirms Moses' unique standing, and how Miriam is struck with leprosy and shut out of the camp for seven days.
- Numbers 20Bible
Numbers 20 recounts the death of Miriam at Kadesh and the incident at the waters of Meribah, after which Moses and Aaron are told that they will not enter Canaan. The chapter also records Edom's refusal to let Israel pass through its territory and the death of Aaron on Mount Hor.
- JochebedPeople
Jochebed was the wife of Amram of the tribe of Levi and the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. She is known for hiding the infant Moses when Pharaoh ordered that Hebrew baby boys be killed and then placing him in an ark of bulrushes by the Nile.
- LeprosyBible
Leprosy is the biblical term for an "unclean" disease of the skin and for blemishes on garments and houses. Leviticus sets out the regulations for its diagnosis and for purification, and leprosy also figures in the accounts of Miriam, Naaman, and Uzziah and in the healing narratives of Jesus.
Verses in the King James Version 13, showing 6
- Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- Exodus 15:21
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
- Numbers 12:1
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
- Numbers 12:4
And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
- Numbers 12:5
And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
- Numbers 12:10
And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
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