MIRIAM
The sister of Moses and Aaron, probably the one who watched over Moses in the ark of bulrushes, Exodus 2:4, Exodus 1:2; Numbers 26:59; Micah 1:6. As a prophetess, she led the women of Israel in their song of worship and thanksgiving to God on the drowning of the Egyptians, Exodus 15:20, Exodus 1:15. Her jealous murmurs against Moses and his Cushite wife were punished by a temporary leprosy, Numbers 1:12-16 Deuteronomy 24:9; but she was forgiven and restored, and near the close of the wandering of Israel, died at Kadwshbarnea, Numbers 20:1.