sister of Moses and Aaron, and daughter of Amram and Jochebed,
was born about A. M. 2424. She might be ten or twelve years old when her
brother Moses was exposed on the banks of the Nile, since Miriam was
watching there, and offered herself to Pharaoh’s daughter to fetch her a
nurse. The princess accepting the offer, Miriam fetched her own mother,
to whom the young Moses was given to nurse, Exod. ii, 4, 5, &c. It is
thought that Miriam married Hur, of the tribe of Judah; but it does not
appear that she had any children by him, Exod. xvii, 10, 11. Miriam had
the gift of prophecy, as she intimates, Num. xii, 2: Hath the Lord
indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us?” After the
passage of the Red Sea, Miriam led the choirs and dances of the women,
and sung with them the canticle, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath
triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the
sea:” while Moses led the choir of men, Exod. xv, 21. When Zipporah, the
wife of Moses, arrived in the camp of Israel, Miriam and Aaron disputed
with her, speaking against Moses on her account, Num. xii. This conduct
the Lord punished by visiting Miriam with a leprosy. Aaron interceded
with Moses for her recovery, and besought the Lord, who ordered her to
be shut out of the camp seven days. We are acquainted with no subsequent
particulars of the life of Miriam. Her death happened in the first month
of the fortieth year after the exodus, at the encampment of Kadesh in
the wilderness of Zin, Num. xx, 1. The people mourned for her, and she
was there buried.
was born about A. M. 2424. She might be ten or twelve years old when her
brother Moses was exposed on the banks of the Nile, since Miriam was
watching there, and offered herself to Pharaoh’s daughter to fetch her a
nurse. The princess accepting the offer, Miriam fetched her own mother,
to whom the young Moses was given to nurse, Exod. ii, 4, 5, &c. It is
thought that Miriam married Hur, of the tribe of Judah; but it does not
appear that she had any children by him, Exod. xvii, 10, 11. Miriam had
the gift of prophecy, as she intimates, Num. xii, 2: Hath the Lord
indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us?” After the
passage of the Red Sea, Miriam led the choirs and dances of the women,
and sung with them the canticle, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath
triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the
sea:” while Moses led the choir of men, Exod. xv, 21. When Zipporah, the
wife of Moses, arrived in the camp of Israel, Miriam and Aaron disputed
with her, speaking against Moses on her account, Num. xii. This conduct
the Lord punished by visiting Miriam with a leprosy. Aaron interceded
with Moses for her recovery, and besought the Lord, who ordered her to
be shut out of the camp seven days. We are acquainted with no subsequent
particulars of the life of Miriam. Her death happened in the first month
of the fortieth year after the exodus, at the encampment of Kadesh in
the wilderness of Zin, Num. xx, 1. The people mourned for her, and she
was there buried.