Did Moses Have Two Wives – Zipporah And The Ethiopian Woman?

The Bible tells us Moses had one wife and two sons. Zipporah was from the land of Cush, which made her from Ethiopia. So Zipporah was Moses one and only Ethiopian wife.

You can check this for yourself by reading the second book of the Bible, Exodus, chapter 18 which describes the reunion that took place between Moses, his father-in-law, his wife and his sons. Cross reference that with the 4th book of the Bible, Numbers and read Chapter 12 verse 1, where she is referred to as his Cushite wife, or Ethiopian wife, depending on your translation. Chapter 12 describes the jealousy Moses' sister, Miriam felt toward Zipporah and how she was punished by God for her gross disrespect toward Moses, her brother.

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Moses had only one wife, it is the history of ancestral origin that's set in confusion in the Biblical account, we know that tribes and nations are two different thing.

Of course he did. Read my answer at hubpages.com/hub/The-Ethiopian-Princess.

Moses married an Ethiopian named Zipporah who was also identified or referred to as a midianite because these two races are one in the same they were both black. Also Hagar the Egyptian, the mother of Ishmael, son of Abraham was also called a Midianite because she was black or black skinned.

Zipporah was Ethopian as far as the Bible tells us. The historian Josephus will try to tell you in his, "Antiquities of the Jews", that Moses married an Ethiopian princess when he was a commander in the Egyptian army under Pharoah before God began to us him. There is a possiblity then that he may have had two Ethiopian wives.

There has been some further research on this subject by Catherine Clark Kroeger the founder of Christians for Biblical Equality. I have several of her video VHS tapes on this subject along with an article "Black story in the Early Church" that has more information.. You might search CBE's web page for more details at: www.cbeinternational.com. The Lionswhelp.

He married only once. The Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) packed up his luggage and left Pharaoh's house in the pitch dark when every one was enjoying a sound sleep. He reached Madian after a long tiresome journey.

He sat down to take rest near a watering place. The Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) saw two young girls waiting at a distance. Their sheep were standing near the spring for drinking water.

The Prophet Musa (peace he upon him) thought that the girls needed some help. Although he was tired and hungry yet he wished to help them. He went up to the girls and asked if they needed help.

The girls were modest and bashful. They said that they were waiting so that the shepherds might go away. Thier father invited him for dinner.

The Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) accompanied them. When be entered the house, he introduced himself politely; Soon after he dined with the members of the family. The Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) was asked to stay with them.

The time passed on happily. One day the"I desire to marry one of these two daughters of mine to you on the condition that you should serve me for eight years but if you complete ten, it will be of your own free will, and I do not wish to be hard on you. If Allah pleases, you will find me o This will be an agreement between you and me.

Whichever of the two terms I fulfill, there shall be no wrong doing to me and Allah is a witness of what we say. " (Surah 28: Verses 27-28) According to the agreement Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) got married to one of the girls of that family. He took care of the farm and the sheep efficiently.

The Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) had been away from his family for many years.

I'm Ethiopian Messiah Jew. Yes Moses wife was Zipporah an Ethiopian Princess, Her father was King of Ethiopia and they had two sons. Many Ethiopian woman and men married into those in the desert.

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Moses had two wives.1) Zipporah: Exodus 2:15-16,21 and Exodus 18:1-62) Ethiopian woman: Numbers 12:1(-15)Zipporah was not the "Ethiopian woman" herself. Zipporah was of the tribe of Midian. Genesis 25:1-3 shows that Midian was one of the six sons born unto Abraham by his third wife, Keturah.

Thus, Zipporah was "Abrahamic", who was "Shemitic" (i.e. , descended of Noah's son Shem, per Genesis 10:1; 11:11-27). But the "Ethiopian woman" ("Cushite woman" in the Hebrew) descended of Cush, who was "Hamitic" (i.e.

, descended of Noah's son Ham, per Genesis 10:1,6). Indeed, Zipporah, being of Noah's son, Shem, could not be the "Ethiopian woman" who was of Ham (Shem's brother). Also, the timing of Moses' marriage to the Ethiopian woman can be determined by Numbers 33:1-49,17 and 11:35 with 12:16 which "surrounds" the story about Moses marrying the Ethiopian woman in Numbers 12:1-15.

This is clearly much later than the time when Moses married Zipporah in Exodus 2:15,22. Therefore, the Shemitic/Abrahamic Midianitess Zipporah could not possibly be the Hamitic/non-Abrahamic "Ethiopian woman".

Just a correction on the answer below:Zipporah was a Midianite that's true, but there is no Abrahamic connection to her as the blood line was through the female side after Noah. This means that only Sarah's offspring i.e. Isaac can claim Abrahamic descendancy (Sarah was Abraham's half sister), all the others have to claim their descendancy from their own female ancestors.

Hence we have Ishmael (forefather of the Arabs or Ishmaelites) from Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian hand maid who did not inherit the birthright, but rather, Isaac. This therefore makes Zipporah a Caananite from whom the Midianites were descended and therefore Hamitic, not Shemitic.

Ngureco-An important note: as per the Rabbinic Jewish world, there are multiple points of view and *all* are considered valid. Why? As in the famous instance from the Gemara (Talmud) of llel and Shammai arguing how to interpret the Law, and drawing polar opposite views, a voice from Heaven intercedes and speaks, "These and Those are the words of the living G-d."The Lord is infinite and encompasses all possibilities.

This is an excellent question, one that many great thinkers and rabbis have struggled with over the years. There is no consensus when it comes to Torah commentary, and there are as many viewpoints on this subject as there are writers. Two sources to check out with excellent background research are:http://ohave.tripod.com/chumash/lashon.htmand http://rchaimqoton.blogspot.com/2007/07/moses-blacThey're both written by respectable rabbis and cover the topic thoroughly.

Be very careful when researching Biblical subject matter. The answer is not always on the surface level. Anyone who claims knowledge better be able to back it with facts drawn from the source material itself.

There are many persons on the internet who claim knowledge that have no idea how deep the subject matter actually goes. Best wishes and may G-d bless your search.

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