Miriam, a Prophetess

“The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam” (Numbers 26:59, NKJV). Miriam means bitter. Miriam is the older sister of Aaron and Moses. It was Miriam who watched Moses (when he was in a basket) from afar and she also mentioned to Pharoah’s daughter about finding a Hebrew woman for the baby Moses. Even though the mother gave Moses up (it was to protect him) it was through the providence of God that she was able to get him back. She taught him all he needed to know that he was a Hebrew and was not an Egyptian.

There are not many scriptures pertaining to Miriam as a prophetess but in Micah 6:4, she is mentioned as well as Moses and Aaron leading the Israelites out of Egypt.

“For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,

I redeemed you from the house of bondage;

And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam” (NKJV).

We first read about Miriam the prophetess in Exodus 15. After the Red Sea crossing, the Israelites feared God and believed in Him as well as in Moses. Miriam was one of them that walked across the Red Sea. After Moses and the people sang a song to the Lord, “Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and…