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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Miriam:

(rebellion) the sister of Moses, was the eldest of that sacred family; and she first appears, probably as a young girl, watching her infant brother's cradle in the Nile (Exodus 2:4) and suggesting her mother as a nurse (verse 7). After the crossing of the Red Sea "Miriam the prophetess" is her acknowledged title (Exodus 15:20). The prophetic power showed itself in her under the same form as that which it assumed in the days of Samuel and David,-poetry, accompanied with music and processions (Exodus 15:1-19). She took the lead, with Aaron, in the complaint against Moses for his marriage with a Cushite (Numbers 12:1-2) and for this was attacked with leprosy. This stroke and its removal, which took place at Hazeroth, form the last public event of Miriam's life (Numbers 12:1-15). She died toward the close of the wanderings at Kadesh, and was buried there (Numbers 20:1). (B.C. about 1452)

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