Miriam
the prophetess with the tambourine
Who was Miriam?
- Sister of Moses and Aaron. Her parents were Amram and Jochebed. Numbers 26:59
- The Bible calls her a prophetess. After crossing the Red Sea, she led the women with tambourines and dancing. Exodus 15:20-21
- With Aaron, she spoke against Moses and was struck with leprosy for seven days. She died at Kadesh, in the desert. Numbers 12:1, 10, 15; Numbers 20:1
What the Bible says
Numbers 26:59
Who had to wife Jochabed the daughter of Levi, who was horn to him in Egypt. She bore to her husband Amram sons, Aaron and Moses, and Mary their sister.
Exodus 15:20-21
20So Mary the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand: and all the women went forth after her with timbrels and with dances: 21And she began the song to them, saying: Let us sing to the Lord, for he is gloriously magnified, the horse and his rider he hath thrown into the sea.
Numbers 12:1, 10, 15; Numbers 20:1
1And Mary and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian, 10The cloud also that was over the tabernacle departed: and behold Mary appeared white as snow with a leprosy. And when Aaron had looked on her, and saw her all covered with leprosy, 15Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days: and the people moved not from that place until Mary was called again.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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