What was life like for Miriam in the Bible?
Miriam’s childhood in the slave quarters of Egypt was one of fear and uncertainty. She and her three-year-old brother, Aaron, had godly parents who trusted the God of Israel—but the king of Egypt hated her people.
How old was Miriam when she had her baby?
She and her three-year-old brother, Aaron, had godly parents who trusted the God of Israel—but the king of Egypt hated her people. He had ordered that all boy babies be drowned in the Nile, and her mother was pregnant! The baby was due anytime. Suppose it were a boy! How could they kill it?
What did Miriam know about hope and despair?
Miriam knew what it was to experience hope and despair, terror and deliverance, slavery and freedom, unimportance and prominence. She was a good example and she was a bad example; in fact, she was just like we are!
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What was the problem with Miriam in the Bible?
It was because of her question that the Lord was able to give the Children of Israel more understanding about how the priesthood and God’s kingdom operates. The question isn’t what was the problem. The problem was that Miriam had, at at her core, what I have heard called “spiritual ego”. I loved how this woman explained what “spiritual ego” is:
She and her three-year-old brother, Aaron, had godly parents who trusted the God of Israel—but the king of Egypt hated her people. He had ordered that all boy babies be drowned in the Nile, and her mother was pregnant! The baby was due anytime. Suppose it were a boy! How could they kill it?
What did Aaron say to Miriam about leprosy?
When the cloud lifted from above the Tent, there stood Miriam — leprous, like snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had leprosy; and he said to Moses, ‘Please, my lord, do not hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.
Why was Miriam cursed with ” living death “?
In fact leprosy was sometimes called “living death”. Miriam was cursed with leprosy– living death– because her spiritual ego had caused her to doubt and fight against God. As a result she had become tuma, “unclean”, meaning that she had lost her spiritual power. Her outward condition of leprosy was a sign of the inward condition of her soul.