Exodus 2:4
And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
BSB
ASV
And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
KJV
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
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Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
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Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.
As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and…
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
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Micah 6:4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
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But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…
And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
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Numbers 26:59and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
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And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
