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1 | Is Interracial marriage Bible supported? | Num 12:1 | retxar | 3707 | ||
Num 12 answers this question for me. Aaron and Miriam spoke out against the marriage of Moses and a black lady from Ethiopia. This made God very angry. Look at verse 12 "Miriam became leprous, as WHITE AS SNOW." By the way, I don't think this was Zipporah because her father was Jethro, the priest of Midian. I suppose she could have been adopted though. | ||||||
2 | Is Interracial marriage Bible supported? | Num 12:1 | Makarios | 3805 | ||
Yes, I agree: God was angry with Aaron and Miriam for their 'murmuring' in Numbers 12:1. However, Exodus 2:21-22 leads me to believe that Zipporah was the wife of Moses, since she gave birth to their son Gershom in this verse. Either way, Aaron and Miriam were acting with sinful intentions (like the world today) and they were punished for it. | ||||||
3 | "the Ethiopian woman Moses married?" | Num 12:1 | retxar | 3812 | ||
I agree, Zipporah was definitely Moses's wife, I'm just not sure if "the Ethiopian woman whom he had married" here is her. If this is speaking of Zipporah, why does it say "Ethiopian woman" because Zipporah was from Midian? Like I said before, maybe she was adopted, or perhaps Jethro, her father, was a Ethopian who now lived in Midian and was also priest of Midian? Maybe someone out there can shead some light on this? Like you said though, that's not really the point, God's reaction to Aaron and Miriam's sinful intentions should be something we take note of today. Jesus Lives! |
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4 | "the Ethiopian woman Moses married?" | Num 12:1 | Makarios | 3818 | ||
Excellent observation! Numbers 12:1 may very well be speaking of a different wife. The NASB Study Bible commentary says, "Cushite woman..he had married. Cush was the first son of Ham, the father of the southernmost peoples known to the Hebrews (Gen. 10:6-7), living in the southern Nile valley. Moses' wife Zipporah may be referred to here (see Ex 2:15-22); if so, the term 'Cushite' is used in contempt of her Midianite ancestry. It is more likely, however, that the reference is to a new wife taken by Moses, perhaps after the death of his first wife. The attack on the woman was a pretext; its focus was the prophetic gift of Moses and his special relationship with the Lord (v.2)."It is possible that Moses had a second wife who was Cushite or Ethiopian. However, there is no mention of her or of any of their offspring anywhere else in the Bible. | ||||||