Miriam (Hebrew origin: Rebellious)
(Exodus 15:20). 13th century b.c.e.
Miriam, the daughter of Amram and Jochebed and the older sister of Aaron and Moses, is one of the few women that the Bible calls prophetess. Her mother gave birth to Moses after Pharaoh had given orders to kill every newborn Israelite boy. Jochebed put the child in a basket and placed it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. When Pharaoh's daughter fished him out of the river, Miriam approached and asked her if she could get her a Hebrew nurse to suckle the baby. The daughter of Pharaoh agreed, Miriam went and brought Jochebed, who was hired on the spot by the princess to take care of the baby and to nurse him. Years later, when the Israelites left Egypt and crossed the Red Sea, Miriam took a timbrel in her hand and led the women in a triumphal procession, singing and dancing.
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