Now Anna, a daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher, was a prophetess. She was well advanced in age, having lived with a husband only seven years
Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing,
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be ignorant.
Even on My slaves, male and female, I will pour out My Ruach in those days, and they shall prophesy.
Planted in the House of Adonai, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
You will come to the grave in vigor, like sheaves of grain in its season.
So Hilkiah the kohen, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe—she was living in the Second Quarter of Jerusalem—and spoke with her.
Now Deborah, a woman who was a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
Leah said, “How happy am I, for daughters have called me happy.” So she named him Asher.
12,000 from the tribe of Asher; 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali; 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh;
Then the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their clans.
He had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.
“Now you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them
so the thoughts of many hearts may be uncovered. (And even for you, a sword will pierce through your soul.)”
And coming up at that very instant, she began praising God and speaking about the Child to all those waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head. For it is one and the same as having been shaved.
An overseer, then, must be beyond criticism—the husband of one wife, clear-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Let a widow be listed only if she is at least sixty, was the wife of one husband,