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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50798" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50798" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Ethiopian | <p> <strong> [[Ethiopian Woman]] </strong> . According to Numbers 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. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72468" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72468" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_39654" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_39654" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrews Kshith', כֻּשַׁית, fem. of ''Cushite;'' Sept. Αἰθιοπίσσα, Vulg. AEthiopissa)''.'' Zipporah, the wife of Moses, is so described in Numbers 12:1. She is elsewhere said to have been the daughter of a [[Midianite]] ( Exodus 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 | <p> (Hebrews Kshith', '''''כֻּשַׁית''''' , fem. of ''Cushite;'' Sept. '''''Αἰθιοπίσσα''''' , Vulg. AEthiopissa) ''.'' Zipporah, the wife of Moses, is so described in Numbers 12:1. She is elsewhere said to have been the daughter of a [[Midianite]] ( Exodus 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). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:24, 15 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Ethiopian Woman . According to Numbers 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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Ethio'pian Woman. The wife of Moses is to described in Numbers 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.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
Numbers 12:1 Exodus 2:21
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(Hebrews Kshith', כֻּשַׁית , fem. of Cushite; Sept. Αἰθιοπίσσα , Vulg. AEthiopissa) . Zipporah, the wife of Moses, is so described in Numbers 12:1. She is elsewhere said to have been the daughter of a Midianite ( Exodus 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).
