Article May 19, 1973 Issue

Miriam Sister of Moses

Many, many years ago a little Hebrew girl named Miriam lived in the country of Egypt. She had two young brothers. They were Aaron and a baby named Moses.

About the time Moses was born, the Egyptian king, the Pharaoh, said there were too many Hebrews living in Egypt. He grew afraid and made slaves of the grown-ups and ordered the baby boys to be killed.

Miriam's mother hid Moses until he was three months old. When he grew too big to hide, she made an ark for him—a basket of bulrushes. She put tar in the cracks to keep out the water, so it could float. Laying the child inside, she put the ark on the edge of the river.

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