People
Miriam in Numbers 12
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This person shows up in Numbers 12:1: “Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Numbers 12:1
“Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.”
What kids can learn
When you hear miriam in Numbers, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Numbers 12:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Numbers 12:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
MiriamandAaronspokeMosesbecauseofthewomanwhomhehadmarried;forhehadmarriedaCushite