Miriam

Miriam is Moses' sister who watches over him as an infant in the Nile and later serves as a prophetess during the Exodus - one of the three leaders (with Moses and Aaron) who guide Israel through the wilderness. Jasher 68 records her role in the infant Moses narrative, watching from the reeds as Pharaoh's daughter discovers the basket. Her presence at the crucial moment allows her to suggest a Hebrew nurse (Moses' own mother), ensuring he is raised knowing his identity. Within the broader narrative preserved across these three ancient texts, Miriam occupies a distinctive position in the Exodus that connects to figures such as others in the tradition. The pseudepigraphal accounts provide details and perspectives absent from other ancient sources, offering readers a more complete portrait of this figure's significance within the cosmic drama of covenant, rebellion, and restoration that defines the Enochian worldview. These expanded narratives invite deeper reflection on the moral and spiritual dimensions of Miriam's story as it relates to the overarching themes of divine sovereignty, human agency, and the consequences of choices made in the presence of heavenly realities.

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Biography

Occupation: Prophetess
Era: Exodus

Prophetess Leader

Key Chapters

The Book of Jasher 68 Moses, a Child of Promise, is born. The Egyptian Women acting as Spies. Moses is discovered, and placed by his Mother in an Ark of Bulrushes. Is Found... 6 min read

Key Passages

Miriam watches Moses

The Book of Jasher 68:10-20

And when it cried the child that was in the inner room answered it, so the Egyptian women went and told it at the house ...

A¹⁰nd when it cried the child that was in the inner room answered it, so the Egyptian women went and told it at the house of Pharaoh.

¹¹ And Pharaoh sent his officers to take the children and slay them; thus did the Egyptians to the Hebrew women all the days. ¹² And it was at that time, about three months from Jochebed's concealment of her son, that the thing was known in Pharaoh's house. ¹³ And the woman hastened to take away her son before the officers came, and she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein, and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. ¹⁴ And his sister Miriam stood afar off to know what would be done to him, and what would become of her words. ¹⁵ And God sent forth at that time a terrible heat in the land of Egypt, which burned up the flesh of man like the sun in his circuit, and it greatly oppressed the Egyptians. ¹⁶ And all the Egyptians went down to bathe in the river, on account of the consuming heat which burned up their flesh. ¹⁷ And Bathia, the daughter of Pharaoh, went also to bathe in the river, owing to the consuming heat, and her maidens walked at the river side, and all the women of Egypt as well. ¹⁸ And Bathia lifted up her eyes to the river, and she saw the ark upon the water, and sent her maid to fetch it. ¹⁹ And she opened it and saw the child, and behold the babe wept, and she had compassion on him, and she said, This is one of the Hebrew children. ²⁰ And all the women of Egypt walking on the river side desired to give him suck, but he would not suck, for this thing was from the Lord, in order to restore him to his mother's breast.

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Did You Know?

She watches from the reeds as an infant and suggests their own mother as nurse.

This quick thinking ensures Moses grows up knowing his Hebrew identity.

She later serves as prophetess alongside Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.