The torah refers to her as miriam the prophetess and the talmud names her as one of the seven major female prophets of israel. Miriam is described in the hebrew bible as the daughter of amram and jochebed, and the sister of moses and aaron. Scripture describes her alongside of moses and aaron as delivering the jews from exile in egypt. Bible verses related to miriam and aaron from the king james version kjv by relevance sort by book order numbers 12. Miriam sang to them and she sings the same verse as verse 1 there, with. She was born four years before aaron and seven years before moses. Gafney is assistant professor of hebrew scripture and homiletics at the lutheran theological.
Miriam saved her brother moses, challenged his decisions, led the hebrew women out of egypt. She was a prophetess and first appears in the book of exodus. The story is well written, but you have to read the bible for yourself to get a better understanding of the scriptures. Miriams mother, yocheved, has been hiding miriams infant brother, moses, for three months. It is a song that recounts their recent experiences and also looks towards the future. Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of aaron exd 15. For i brought you up out of the land of egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and i s. Miriam is referenced in the old testament of the bible as a prophetess and originally emerges in the book of exodus. While the lord never ordained a woman to be priest, nor do we read of women as bishops or pastors in the new testament, the vocation of prophetess is common to both dispensations. Andrews the pharaohs daughter offers her unique brand of indepth bible.
Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea which is a reference to pharaohs army. Miryam is described in the hebrew bible as the daughter of amram and jochebed, and the sister of moses and aaron. And miriam the prophetess, the sister of aaron, took a timbrel in her hand. Miriam, the daughter of amram and yocheved, and older sister of her two famous brothers, aaron and moses, was born in egypt just when the jewish people were reduced to slavery, oppression and hard labor. This was in the year 2362 after creation, eightysix years before the liberation. Needless to say, it is filled with praise and exaltation to god. The five books of miriam black history in the bible. On one occasion she and the women sang the song of miriam.
But there is even greater majesty and force in the form of the ode as it stands in the book of exodus. Below is a downloadable and printable pdf with bible verses about miriam. Each of them is a daughter of miriam, the mother of all womenprophets. Use them for deeper study, scripture writing or for use in your war binder or bible journaling. She plays an important role in several episodes of moses life and in the exodus of israel from egypt. Scholars believe this is one of the oldest biblical texts. Miriam first appears in the biblical book of exodus not long after pharaoh decrees that all newborn hebrew boys will be drowned in the nile river.