Quoting%20commentary for Sotah 24:23

(שמות טו, כ) ותקח מרים הנביאה אחות אהרן וגו' אחות אהרן ולא אחות משה אמר רב עמרם אמר רב ואמרי לה אמר רב נחמן אמר רב מלמד שהיתה מתנבאה כשהיא אחות אהרן

R. Hama b. Hanina said: She prophesied without knowing what she prophesied — Heliki ['take away'] — behold what is thine [ha sheliki]. And I will give thee thy wages.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. II, 9. ');">³⁶</span> R. Hama b. Hanina said: Not enough that the righteous have their loss restored to them but they also receive their reward in addition. And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XV, 20. ');">³⁷</span> The 'sister of Aaron' and not the sister of Moses! — R. Amram said in the name of Rab, and according to others it was R. Nahman who said in the name of Rab: It teaches that she prophesied while she yet was the sister of Aaron only<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before Moses' birth. ');">³⁸</span>

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