Moses' relationship with his sister, Miriam, and brother, Aaron, was complicated. Miriam had been used by God to rescue baby Moses from slaughter, and Aaron had been Moses' mouthpiece when speaking to the king of Egypt (see Exodus 1-3). Doubtless the three loved each other. Yet sibling rivalry apparently began to gnaw at Miriam and Aaron: they didn't like Moses' foreign wife, and they seemed jealous of Moses' position as God's special prophet. They began to talk against Moses: "Hasn't [God] also spoken through us?"