What was the relationship between Miriam and Aaron?
Exodus calls Miriam “Aaron’s sister.” The two of them spoke together against Moses. Exodus 15:20; Numbers 12:1
What the Bible says
Exodus 15:20
So Mary the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand: and all the women went forth after her with timbrels and with dances:
Numbers 12:11
He said to Moses: I beseech thee, my lord, lay not upon us this sin, which we have foolishly committed:
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Did you know?
Aaron asked Moses not to hold that sin against them, and not to leave his sister that way. Numbers 12:11-12