Commentary for Bava Batra 239:3

ויקח ויחזור מיבעי ליה אמר רב יהודה בר זבידא מלמד שעשה לה מעשה לקוחין הושיבה באפריון ואהרן ומרים משוררים לפניה ומלאכי שרת אומרים (תהלים קיג, ט) אם הבנים שמחה

it should have read, 'and he took <i>again'</i>!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since this was Amram's second marriage, having married Jochebed once before and begat Aaron Miriam; when Pharaoh had issued his decree against the male children (Ex. I, 22) Amram had left his wife whom he did not remarry until he received a prophetic message through Miriam (cf. Sotah 12b). ');">⁹</span> — R. Judah b. Zebida said: [This] teaches that he arranged for her a ceremonial of [a first] marriage; placing her in a [bridal] litter while Aaron and Miriam sang in her honour, and ministering angels recited: The joyful mother of the children.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXIII. 9. ');">¹⁰</span> Further on,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where their marriages are reported. ');">¹¹</span> Scripture enumerates them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zelophehad's daughters. ');">¹²</span>

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