Philip Payne also claims Miriam was 'sent by God to lead Israel' — Mike calls this reckless handling of the text.
How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3
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Additional egalitarian scholar making the same claim
Philip Payne similarly states that 'Miriam the prophetess is sent by God to lead Israel.' Mike notes that both Belleville and Payne are bedrock egalitarian scholars whom everyone else quotes, yet they recklessly handle the text. The word 'sent before' does not exactly mean 'lead' — it is a much softer term. Miriam had some relation to leading, but not what Belleville and Payne claim.
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How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3 @ 00:18:282022-03-28