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Miriam מִרְיָם
Moses' sister. 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.
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Where Miriam appears
Numbers (7), Exodus (2), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Micah (1)
Key verses
- Exodus 15:20 first mention — 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.
- Numbers 12:15 — And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
- Numbers 20:1 — Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
- Numbers 26:59 — And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
- Deuteronomy 24:9 — Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 6:3 — And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Micah 6:4 — For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.