Tzipporah, the wife of Moses (who may or may not have been the Cushite of whom/on behalf of whom* Miriam and Aaron complained), was a woman of decisive action. She had to be. When a life threatening illness attacked both Moses and their newborn child,
“How can you sing when My creatures are dying?” God said to the angels*
But I am not an angel, said Miriam
I am waters made bitter by enslavement
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