People
Miriam in Numbers 26
MEER-ee-um
This person shows up in Numbers 26:59: “The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Numbers 26:59
“The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.”
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 26:59 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Numbers 26:59
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThenameofAmram’swifewasJochebed,theofLevi,whowasborntoLeviinEgypt.SheboretoAmramandandMiriamtheirsister.