Exodus 2:4-8Exodus 15:20-21Poetry

At Hazeroth, Miriam sided with Aaron in an act of rebellion against Moses when he married an Ethiopian woman (Numbers 12:1-15 ). Beneath her disapproval of Moses' choice of a wife lay a deeper problem of ambition and insubordination. Consequently, God reminded her of Moses' divinely appointed leadership and chastened her with leprosy. She was healed following Moses' intercessory prayer and a seven-day quarantine (Numbers 12:15 ). See Intercession; Leprosy.

Miriam died at Kadesh (Numbers 20:1 ). Later biblical writers remembered her as an example to Israel in cases of leprosy (Deuteronomy 24:9 ) and as a leader sent by God (Micah 6:4 ).

2. Member of the clan of Caleb (1 Chronicles 4:17 ).

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