Miriam

A Treasures of the Nile Novel

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  • The
  • Hebrews
  • call
  • me
  • prophetess,
  • the
  • Egyptians
  • a
  • seer. But
  • I
  • am
  • neither.
  • I
  • am
  • simply
  • a
  • watcher
  • of
  • Israel and
  • the
  • messenger
  • of
  • El
  • Shaddai. When
  • He
  • speaks
  • to
  • me
  • in
  • dreams,
  • I
  • interpret.
  • When
  • He
  • whispers
  • a
  • melody,
  • I
  • sing.At
  • eighty-six,
  • Miriam
  • had
  • devoted
  • her
  • entire
  • life
  • to
  • loving
  • El
  • Shaddai
  • and
  • serving
  • His
  • people
  • as
  • both
  • midwife
  • and
  • messenger.
  • Yet
  • when
  • her
  • brother
  • Moses
  • returns
  • to
  • Egypt
  • from
  • exile,
  • he
  • brings
  • a
  • disruptive
  • message.
  • God
  • has
  • a
  • new
  • name
  • Yahweh
  • and
  • has
  • declared
  • a
  • radical
  • deliverance
  • for
  • the
  • Israelites.Miriam
  • and
  • her
  • beloved
  • family
  • face
  • an
  • impossible
  • choice:
  • cling
  • to
  • familiar
  • bondage
  • or
  • embrace
  • uncharted
  • freedom
  • at
  • an
  • unimaginable
  • cost.
  • Even
  • if
  • the
  • Hebrews
  • survive
  • the
  • plagues
  • set
  • to
  • turn
  • the
  • Nile
  • to
  • blood
  • and
  • unleash
  • a
  • maelstrom
  • of
  • frogs
  • and
  • locusts,
  • can
  • they
  • weather
  • the
  • resulting
  • fury
  • of
  • the
  • Pharaoh?Enter
  • an
  • exotic
  • land
  • where
  • a
  • cruel
  • Pharaoh
  • reigns,
  • pagan
  • priests
  • wield
  • black
  • arts,
  • and
  • the
  • Israelites
  • cry
  • out
  • to
  • a
  • God
  • they
  • only
  • think
  • they know.
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