Subject: Why? |
Bible Note: That was always my assumption too and for the same reasons... until someone pointed out to me that it doesn't say that Zipporah died. I mean, when Sarah died, we were told she died, and later Abraham married Keturah. We know that Isaac also was of faith, but had more than one wife at the same time, and others too. But anyway, it doesn't say that Zipporah died before Moses married the Egyptian woman, and by the way Zipporah was not Egyptian (Cushite). She was a Midianite (a descendant of Midian (Midyan) who was a son of Abraham and Keturah). Something that never made sense though since I used to think Zipporah was the Egyptian woman, was why it took Aaron and Miriam so long to get peeved at Moses for marrying her. I thought that by the time two years had passed, they should have figured out how to get along with one another. Something else you brought up though. Have you noticed that in Leviticus 18 where it talks about the laws of sexual morality, that verse 18 states: (18) Nor shall you take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive. The KJV states it this way: (18) Neither shall thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. Would one sister be a rival to the other if the first was divorced from the husband?? I'm not so sure that is what it's talking about. I think it's saying that a man shouldn't marry his wife's sister while his wife is still alive. But it doesn't say that the man cannot have a second wife as long as she isn't a close relative nor his wife's sister. Reminds me of the rivalry between Leah and Rachel. A reference for "uncover their nakedness" as a reference to marriage is Leviticus 20:14 "If a man marries a woman and her mother... They shall be burned with fire." which is the penalty for breaking the Lord's command in Leviticus 18:17 "You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter...". Just some thoughts. |