Wife of moses in the book exodus

What exactly is happening in the passage about the. What about the other biblical quotations on page v. When moses fled from egypt to the land of midian, he met jethros seven daughters, who were having some trouble getting enough water for their flocks exodus 2. We first meet zipporahwho later became mosess wifeat a well in her. The story of gershoms circumcision is one of the most puzzling. When we research the lineage of zipporah moses wife. Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter zipporah to moses in marriage. Apr 15, 2015 6 and he said unto moses, i thy father in law jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. It seems on pages 120121 that moses would be quite content to be a shepherd in midian with zipporah as his wife, but zipporah sees something more in his destiny. She says, i know you must put on your gold bracelets and go among those who are your people. This page is being displayed without the javascript in web.

They follow this up, with a challenge to his leadership. Earlier, in the book of exodus, moses indeed meets his wife. In the book of exodus, we are introduced to zipporah, the daughter of jethro, wife of moses and mother of their two sons, gershom and eliezer. The story appears to some as an unnecessary sidebar, an interruption to the primary narrative moses leading the israelites out of captivity. When jethro, the priest of midian, moses father in law, heard of all that god had done for moses.

Sometimes in scripture we run across strange events that have no explanation as to what led up to them happening. I jethro, thy kinsman, come to thee, and thy wife, and thy two sons with her. Zipporah was not with moses, because moses had sent her home. She heroically saves moses and her sons from a random attack from an angel by cutting off her sons foreskin. Jethro, the priest of midian, moses fatherinlaw, heard of all that god had done for moses and for israel his people, how the lord had brought israel out of egypt. The bible states that while moses was in midian god told him to go back to egypt exodus 4. And given the lack of homelife information we have on moses, youd think this lady would be a good source of material. However, zipporah is shown as fiercely devoted to her husband, even though he neglects her. When the people ask moses who god was, god said to tell them this. After his death, his son, kamose became pharaoh but died within three years of taking control of southern egypt. In order to understand the implications of the feminine drama within this book of the bible.

Of course, the lord had spoken through many in the book of exodus. Now jethro, moses fatherinlaw, had taken zipporah, moses wife, after he had sent her home, along with her two sons. Thus, according to sp, moses did indeed relate the words of exodus 4. The daughters inform their father about what occurred and he invites the man of god for a meal. After the exodus, jethro visited the hebrews encamped at the mountain of god and brought with him moses wife and sons. More evidence that moses only had one wife is found in exodus 4. Zipporah, wife of moses by marek halter reading guide. Sometime later, moses was married to zipporah, the daughter of reuel, the priest of midian exodus 2. God sent this many plagues before pharaoh decided to set the israelites free. The book of exodus contains specific statements that point to moses as its author.

Wife is singular, and there is no mention of any other wife or wives that moses had. This is supported by a midrash jewish interpretation in the book of jasher sepir ha yasher 79. Yet in the book of numbers moses s sister miriam is upset about his having taken a cushite wife. Exodus 18 is a parenthesis, interrupting the chronological order of the book. The exodus passage also refers to the term, bridegroom of blood, in many. Zipporah in the bible was the wife of moses and the daughter of jethro, the priest of midian. Zipporah is the wife of moses, given to him in marriage by her midianite priest. How has the novel changed your understanding of her importance. It is then that zipporah, his wife, did something seemingly odd.

His wife, zipporah, is not from israel, but from the midianites of the region of sinai e. The untold story of zipporah, wife of moses what do you. These are all strong forces within the story of shemot. Above moses married his first wife the ethiopian adoniah tharbis, when he was around twentyseven jasher 73. Then at the age of sixtysix he went to the land of midian and married zipporah the midianite. Jan 02, 2020 more evidence that moses only had one wife is found in exodus 4.

His brother, ahmose i became the pharaoh with his wife and sister, ahmose nefertari, the daughter of seqenenre. Some think perhaps zipporah had died, and this was a second wife moses took after. Cush is generally translated as ethiopia probably the entire region south of egypt see shemot rabbah 10. Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to egypt.

A new novel, zipporah, wife of moses, by marek halter, puts a. Exodus states that during the journey the lord met moses and tried to kill him. Now the sister and brother challenge moses about his wife. And we see the miraculous details of the forty years the israelites spent wandering in the deserts of sinai, hoping to finally enter the promised land. Exodus 18 niv jethro visits moses now jethro, the bible. I, your fatherinlaw jethro, am coming to you, with your wife and her two sons exodus 18. Moses, for example, wrote about the battle against the amalekites in a book exodus 17.

Biblical racism and the story of moses african wife. Then jethro, moses s fatherinlaw, took zipporah, moses s wife,when he had heard of the above things, he determined to pay moses a visit, and congratulate him on that account. The story was set down faithfully in the book of judges but in later manuscripts the transcribers, reluctant to perpetuate the association of their great lawgivers name with that of his apostate grandson, added the letter n to the name in judges 18. And the lord said unto moses in midian, go, return into egypt. Gods and kings 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Then miriam and aaron spoke against moses because of the ethiopian woman whom he had married. Zipporah lockyers all the women of the bible bible gateway.

The muslim scholar and mystic rumi, who titles moses as the spirit enkindler also includes a story of moses and a shepherd in his book, the masnavi. After moses led the israelites out of egypt and brought them the law from mount sinai, he and god would just, like, hang out in moses tent and chat. Zipporah, the name of moses wife, is only referenced three times in the bible exodus 2. After moses had sent away his wife zipporah, his fatherinlaw jethro took her back, along with her two sons. Lets look at what the scriptures actually say by starting in the book of exodus. We read about moses wife, zipporah, and his successor, joshua. Israel is my firstborn son, so i say to you, let my son go that he may worship me, yet you refuse to let him go.

Moses had sent zipporah back to her own relations, either in anger, on account of the scene described in exodus 4. The name of the one was gershom for he said, i have been an alien in a foreign land, and the name of the other, eliezer for he said, the god of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of pharaoh. Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to. Moses and his nubian wife by jacob jordaens 15931678 numbers 12. Examining the life of moses will challenge and call us to live by faith. Well, sorry to disappoint, but zipporah just doesnt get that much screen time. The book of exodus is about liberation and rescue from slavery through gods appointed leader, moses. The cushite wife of moses is one of the minor figures in the book of numbers, whose stories occupy little scriptural space and receive less attention in the. Zipporah reminds us who we are women of the bible study series. Zipporah may be obscure, but the wife of moses mattered is the title. Although her name is listed only a few times in scripture, her interactions with one of the most famous men in scripture is worth studying. This woman married moses, the prophet who led the children of israel out of bondage in egypt.

If you havent already, read the beautiful excerpt from song of solomon on page v. What does the bible mean when it refers to holy ground. At a later time moses sent zipporah back to the house of her father, but when jethro came to visit moses in the wilderness, jethro brought zipporah back with him. Moses then left the ethiopians after forty years of rulership jasher 76. This is a highly plausible explanation, and if this is the case we can see that miriam and aarons problem with moses marriage may have been that he married a non. Moses is told that his fatherinlaw jethro is coming to see you, with your wife and her two sons exod i8. Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me, she said. Israel is being cruelly crushed by the new dynasty which has arisen in egypt i.

First lets see whether moses was married to zipporah. Exodus the book of exodus so named in the greek version from the march of israel out of egyptopens upon a scene of oppression very different from the prosperity and triumph in which genesis had closed. Yocheved moses mother and later wetnurse, miriam, shifrah and puah and the other midwives, serach bat asher, and moses wife tziporah. Jan 30, 2020 in fact, the book of deuteronomy says, no prophet has arisen again in israel like moses, whom the lord knew face to face. From the genealogical listing, we can see that gods task to moses may not have been assigned based on moses ability, but more based on the priestly. Moses is too prostrate to take a knife and circumcize the child, so his wife severed the boys foreskin. Jethro assumed that, as the main troubles were now over, he would be glad to have his wife and. Jun 10, 2017 zipporah was the wife that gave birth to the two sons of moses. The genealogical record of moses and aaron exodus 6. Following the wisdom of moses, zipporah for black lives matter.

In the hall of fame of faith found in hebrews 11, we are given a snapshot of what we will see in the first 17 chapters of exodus, as we discover that by faith. A study of the book of exodus braveheart mens ministry old fort baptist church chapter 2. Moses has a facetoface encounter, as one speaks to a friend, with god exodus 33. Zipporah may be obscure, but the wife of moses mattered is the title given to an article by beth brophy in the jan. Exodus chapter 18 explained discover books of the bible. After the exodus, her father, the priest of midian here called jethro, comes to visit. She was the daughter of reuel, who was given to be the wife of moses.

The second book of moses, called exodus now these are the names of the sons of israel, who came into egypt every man and his household came with jacob. She was a prophetess and first appears in the book of exodus. There is no explanation for this name change, but the title priest of midian accompanies both names, and he is called moses fatherinlaw, so it is safe to assume this was the same man. The torah refers to her as miriam the prophetess and the talmud names her as one of the seven major female prophets of israel. Zipporah was rejoined with moses early on the exodus see exodus 2. In either version, she saved moses from certain death from both the nile river and from the pharaoh. However, it is important to note who the participants in the story were and how they came to be. It is possible that zipporah, moses wife, could have died by this point in the exodus story and that moses married another woman who happened to be of ethiopian heritage. The untold story of zipporah, wife of moses what do you think. One son was named gershom, for moses said, i have become a foreigner in a. Moses throws blood from sacrificed animals onto the israelites after reading them the ten commandments as sign of promise w god that israelites will follow the ten commandments pentateuch first five books of the bible. We learn about the brass serpent, the golden calf, the manna, and the quail. As you observed, we hear earlier of moses marrying the daughter of jethro the midianite. Cushite refers to a land south of egypt, roughly equivalent to modern ethiopia.

After the exodus, her father, the priest of midian here called jethro, comes to visit moses, bringing zipporah and her two sons. According to the book of exodus, this isnt a metaphor. Zipporah, wife of moses by marek halter books on tape. Mary elizabeth baxter zipporah, the wife of moses exodus 4. The pharaohs daughter in the story of the finding of moses in the biblical book of exodus is an important, albeit minor, figure in abrahamic religions. Zipporah is only mentioned once in exodus that moses married her and had a son named gershom. Apr 25, 2010 in life of moses, gregory employs an allegorical interpretation to make sense of the variety of passages that tell of moses encounters with god in physical terms. The rise of a leader preparing for greatness an obscure beginning vs. On the way to egypt, zipporah circumcised their son and thus saved her husbands lifemoses had neglected to obey the lord in this matter, and the lord would have killed moses had not zipporah intervened exodus 4.

Zipporah, wife of moses, was a descendant of abraham moses. The story is already difficult for the narrator, who adds a comment that hatan. The story of mosess cushite wife is actually quite cryptic. Moses ends up dwelling with the family and eventually takes as a wife one of the priests daughters named zipporah exodus 2. Zipporah may be obscure, but the wife of moses mattered politics.

Zipporah is the wife of moses, given to him in marriage by her midianite priest father. Though some variations of her story exist, the general consensus among jews, christians, and muslims is that she is the adoptive mother of the prophet moses. Moses is also revered in islamic literature, which narrates and explains different parts of the life of moses. The grandson of moses the story of the first apostasy. The circumcision of one or both of moses sons is one of those events. Moses sends her and the children away before the exodus from egypt.

Moses stands up for the virgins and chases away the rude and unkind shepherds. She is called an ethiopian, which can also be translated as kushite, meaning she was from the ancient african kingdom of kush, which is where. And moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of egypt. Read the portions of exodus pertaining to zipporahs story. Muslims identify her with asiya, the great royal wife of the pharaoh. Our last influential woman, named zipporah, has a lot of mystery surrounding her story. When god sent moses to school in the land of midian. Moses fatherinlaw, jethro, is a devoted family man, well respected for his. So jethro went to moses while moses was camped near the mountain of god. This has to be the bloodiest scene in the book of exodus since the. Amram took as his wife jochebed his fathers sister, and she bore him aaron and moses, the years of the life of amram being 7 years. Reuben, simeon, levi, and judah, issachar, zebulun, and benjamin, dan and naphtali, gad and asher. How did pharaoh seek to control the growing population of the israeliteshebrews.