What Was Miriam’s Position In Israel?

Mike,
Why is it so important that a man do the teaching?  What about Miriam? Who was paul taught by… a male or a female? 
C___

Dear C____
You ask me who taught Paul and questioned  whether Miriam was also teaching men.
You mention Mic 6:4

Mic 6:4  For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Miriam was a prophetess. Being a prophetess means she did what we are told she did:

Exo 15:20  And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Exo 15:21  And Miriam answered them [the women], Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Miriam lead “the women… with timbrels and with dances… in singing to the Lord.” The Lord did not then and does not today, use women to lead men into battle against the enemy. Many despise these words, but they were written under inspiration of the Holy Spirit:

1Co 14:34  Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [ they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
1Co 14:35  And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
1Co 14:36  What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
1Co 14:37  If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
1Co 14:38  But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

If one cannot acknowledge that what Paul writes are the commandments of the Lord, then the Holy Spirit tells me to “let him be ignorant.”
Paul’s teacher inspired Him to tell us:

1Co 14:34  Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [ they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
1Co 14:35  And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
1Co 14:36  What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
1Co 14:37  If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

So answer me now. Who was it that taught that to Paul? Be very careful when you answer that question.
Getting back to your question about Miriam, it is very revealing to see what Miriam means. Here is Strong’s definition:

H4813
mirya m
meer- yawm’
>From H4805; rebelliously; Mirjam, the name of two Israelitesses: – Miriam

Read The Head of Christ Is God. You will learn that a wife rebelling against her husband is as natural as a carnal mind not being subject to the law of God. It is all part of being a “marred vessel.” We just naturally do not like what is in God’s Word.
Here now is the one other story about what Miriam did as God brought Israel out of Egypt “sending before them Moses, and Aaron, and Miriam:

Num 12:1  And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
Num 12:2  And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.

It is revealing that in Mic 6:4 Miriam’s name is listed last; “and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.” But here in Num 12 it is first. Aaron here, just as at the foot of Mount Sinai, typifies God’s priests down through the generations. He could not stand up to the people then, and he cannot stand up to Miriam here. Aaron truly is the ‘father’ of such as Annas and Caiaphas, he utterly fails as the leader of God’s people. Aaron typifies the priests and ministers today who will not acknowledge that the words written by Paul are the commandments of the Lord. All the people want to ignore them and call them ‘mere letters’, and the Aarons of today just go along “and out comes this golden calf” which leads them right back into Egypt.
Mike