And Miriam died there... And there was no water for the congregation (20:1-2)
The history of Miriam's Well is not written explicitly in the Torah text but only allusively. The allusions are brought out in the Aramaic Targum (Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Bible).
Miriam is associated with (according to Midrashic lore) the rolling well that accompanied the Jewish people on their wanderings and provided fresh water in the desert, not only for the people, but also for their cattle and
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