Verse 20
20. Miriam the prophetess Miriam, or Mariam, the Greek and Latin Maria, and the English Mary . Thus the Mother of our Lord bore the name of the prophetess of the Exodus, who is numbered by the prophet Micah (Micah 6:4) with Moses and Aaron as one of the deliverers of Israel .
Sister of Aaron The Scriptures nowhere speak of her marriage, and she seems to have held an independent position as sister of the high priest and of the leader of Israel . Josephus, however, says that she was the wife of Hur, and grandmother of the tabernacle architect, Bezaleel . ( Antiq . , 3: 2, § 4, and 6, § 1.)
Timbrels Tabrets, tabours, or tambourines. Probably this was the same instrument which is now used by the modern Egyptians a small, shallow drum, made by stretching a skin upon a hoop, about eleven inches in diameter. LANE says: “The hoop is overlaid with mother of pearl, tortoise shell, white bone or ivory, both without and within, and has ten double circular plates of brass attached to it.… It is held by the left or right hand, and beaten with the fingers of that hand, and by the other hand: the fingers of the hand which holds the instrument, striking only near the hoop, produce higher sounds than the other hand, which strikes in the center.” Modern Egypt, ii, p. 76. See, also, notes on 1 Samuel 10:5, and 2 Samuel 6:5.
Dances Some render the word guitars .
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