Ethiopian Woman
Ethiopian Woman
(Hebrews Kshith’, , fem. of Cushite; Sept. , Vulg. AEthiopissa). Zipporah, the wife of Moses, is so described in Num 12:1. She is elsewhere said to have been the daughter of a Midianite (Exo 2:21, compared with 16), and, in consequence of this, Ewald and others have suppiosed that the allusion is to another wife whom Moses married after the death of Zipporah; but the Arabian Ethiopia is probably referred to in this case. SEE ZIPPORAH.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Ethiopian woman
the wife of Moses (Num. 12:1). It is supposed that Zipporah, Moses’ first wife (Ex. 2:21), was now dead. His marriage of this “woman” descended from Ham gave offence to Aaron and Miriam.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Ethiopian Woman
ETHIOPIAN WOMAN.According to Num 12:1 (JE [Note: Jewish Encyclopedia.] ), when the children of Israel were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses on account of his marriage with an Ethiopian (RV [Note: Revised Version.] Cushite) woman. As the Ethiopian woman is mentioned nowhere else, and the death of Moses wife Zipporah is not recorded, some of the early interpreters thought the two must be identical; and this view is favoured by the Jewish expositors. But it is more likely that a black slave-girl is meant, and that the fault found by Miriam and Aaron was with the indignity of such a union. It may perhaps be inferred from the context that the marriage was of recent occurrence.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Ethiopian Woman
See CUSHITE WOMAN.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Ethiopian Woman
Ethio’pian Woman. The wife of Moses is to described in Num 12:1 as an Ethiopian woman. She is elsewhere said to have been the daughter of a Midianite, and in consequence of this, some have supposed that the allusion is to another wife, whom Moses married, after the death of Zipporah.