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Book 02 · Exodus 2, 14, 15 MIRIAM

A baby in a basket. An army at their backs. And the sea that only God could open.

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Miriam · Book Two

A baby in a basket. A sister in the reeds. Bravery a 12-year-old already had.

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Miriam's Story

The story behind the legend

She was eight years old, hiding in the reeds at sunrise, watching her baby brother's basket float toward Pharaoh's daughter on the Egyptian shore. Mud streaked across one cheek. Reeds caught in her hair. Hand pressed over her mouth. The whole future of an entire nation balanced on whether a little girl could keep it together for sixty more seconds.

She kept it together. When Pharaoh's daughter scooped up the basket, Miriam stepped out of the reeds and pulled off the boldest negotiation in scripture, offering to find a Hebrew nurse for the baby. The princess said yes. Miriam ran and got her own mother. The deliverer of Israel was nursed by his own mom in Pharaoh's palace, paid for by Pharaoh's daughter, because his eight-year-old sister thought on her feet.

Decades later, on the far side of the Red Sea after the waters had crashed back over Pharaoh's army, Miriam picked up a tambourine and led the women of Israel in the very first song of freedom ever sung. From watcher to worship leader. The little girl in the reeds had become a prophetess, and the song she sang is still in your Bible, Exodus 15.

Inside the World

Cinematic moments from Miriam's adventure

Every image is a frame from the cinematic universe, the same look, the same world, every story.

The Cinematic Cover
The Cinematic Cover
Where Sea Meets Desert
Where Sea Meets Desert
Coating the Basket by Firelight
Coating the Basket by Firelight
Running Through the Streets
Running Through the Streets
Face to Face with the Asp
Face to Face with the Asp
The Basket Drifts
The Basket Drifts
The Waters Part
The Waters Part
The Vast Procession
The Vast Procession
Moses Raises His Staff
Moses Raises His Staff
The Fiery Pillar
The Fiery Pillar
Chariot Wreckage
Chariot Wreckage
Dancing in Joy
Dancing in Joy
Did you know?

Three things most kids don't know about Miriam

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Miriam is the FIRST woman in the Bible called a 'prophetess' (Exodus 15:20).

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Her name in Hebrew (Miryam) shares its root with Mary, Jesus's mother is named after her.

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Jewish tradition says a 'well of Miriam' followed Israel through the wilderness, fresh water everywhere they went, because of her.

How God Saw Miriam

God uses kids on purpose. Miriam was eight. The whole exodus pivoted on what she did in sixty seconds. He sees what is in you right now, not what you'll grow into someday. The bravery that came out of her at eight was already inside her at five. He is putting things inside you for moments you cannot see yet.

What this means for YOU

You are not too young. The biggest moves in the Bible were almost always pulled off by people the adults had written off. Miriam was eight. David was about thirteen. Mary was fourteen. God picks kids.

8 Years old when she watched the basket
3 Months her family hid baby Moses
1 Brother saved · a nation freed
80 Years before she danced at the Red Sea
From the Book

Lines worth carrying.

All 14 Chapters

The Miriam Story, Chapter by Chapter

Tap a chapter as you read. We'll remember which ones you've finished.

  1. Chapter 01 The Edict

    Two million people. One impossible sea.

  2. Chapter 02 The Hiding

    An Egyptian army at their back.

  3. Chapter 03 Down to the River

    Soldiers at the door, a baby in a basket.

  4. Chapter 04 The Watcher in the Reeds

    Pharaoh's fear. A child of prophecy.

  5. Chapter 05 Pharaoh's Daughter

    An asp in the grass. A mother's stick.

  6. Chapter 06 The Years Between

    A dove on a branch. A sign.

  7. Chapter 07 The Old Woman Returns

    A Stranger walks the riverbank with her.

  8. Chapter 08 The Cloud and the Fire

    Bold faith in the princess's pool.

  9. Chapter 09 The Sea

    The God of miracles, in real time.

  10. Chapter 10 Walls of Water

    The water erupts into the sky.

  11. Chapter 11 The Other Side

    Wonders, gliding through walls of sea.

  12. Chapter 12 The Timbrel

    A new song breaks free from her heart.

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For Family Conversations

Five Questions for After You Read

Built for the kitchen table, the bedside, the carpool. Designed to spark, not script.

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    Miriam was the older sister who watched over her baby brother. What's something you've protected for someone you love?

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    Jochebed trusted the river with her baby. What's something you've had to trust God with?

  3. 03

    The Stranger walks beside Miriam in the wilderness. Where do you sense God walking with you?

  4. 04

    Miriam grew up watching God do the impossible. What's one impossible thing you've seen?

  5. 05

    At the end, Miriam picks up her timbrel and dances. What do you do when God shows up for you?

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Book Three · Rahab

A scarlet cord in the window. Walls that fell. The Stranger who chose her anyway.

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