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Then the prophetess Miriam, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
while Miriam sang to them:
Sing to the Lord (Yahweh),
for he is highly exalted!
The horse and its rider
he has thrown into the sea!
Miriam spoke ill of Moses because of the Cushite woman he had taken as his wife, and Aaron agreed with her. Moses had taken a Cushite woman as his wife.
[The verb "spoke ill of" is in the feminine form, which makes it clear that it was Miriam who led the conversation. Since it concerned Moses' choice of wife, the motive may have been jealousy. Cush is both a name and a region. Cush was the son of Ham and grandson of Noah. He populated the southern parts of the earth. Areas associated with Cush are North Africa, Nubia, and Ethiopia.]
And the Lord (Yahweh) spoke directly (immediately) to Moses and to Aaron and to Miriam: "Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting," and the three came out.
And the Lord (Yahweh) came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance to the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.
And when the cloud departed from [its place] above the tent, behold, Miriam was covered with a fungal infection, like snow. And Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold, she had a fungal infection. []
And Miriam was isolated outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move until Miriam was brought back in.
And the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed at Kadesh, and Miriam died there and was buried there.
And Amram's wife was named Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt, and she bore
Aaron
and Moses
and their sister Miriam.
[Jochebed and Miriam are the only women mentioned in the Levitical family tree. Note that it says that Jochebed bore the children; otherwise, only the father and sons are usually mentioned in the genealogical records. In this context, it says how "Jochebed was born to Levi" and "to Aaron was born," see . See also ; ; . The word "born" can also be used to mean descendant of Levi. Sometimes names can be omitted in genealogies, see, for example, , .]
Remember what the Lord (Yahweh) your God (Elohim) did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt [].
[The Hebrew word leprosy (Hebrew tsaraat) is a general term for various types of skin diseases that spread. It is a type of mold. Most Bible scholars believe that it is not the leprosy that exists today, also known as Hansen's disease. The reason it is often translated as leprosy is that both diseases affect the skin. The rabbis also believe that it is a disease that primarily affects our speech. Miriam was struck with leprosy when she spoke ill of her brother Moses, see .]
The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
For I brought you up and out of the land of Egypt
and redeemed you from the house of bondage (slavery)
and I sent Moses,
Aaron, and Miriam before you.
