In
Exodus 2:15-22 it says that Moses fled to Midian and married Zipporah, the daughter of Reul who was a priest there. In
Exodus 3:1 Reul is called Jethro. After his call at the burning bush, Moses returned to Egypt with Zipporah and his two sons, ref
Exodus 4:18-26 and on the way one of his sons was circumcised. Do we know why only one was circumcised and how old his sons were by then? In
Exodus 18:1-27 we read about Jethro, Zipporah, and Moses' two sons joining up with them in the wilderness after the Exodus. It says that Moses had sent his wife and sons back some time (to Midian) before that. Jethro offered a sacrifice to YHWH and gave Moses advice on governing Israel and then returned to his own land. In
Numbers 12:1 it says that Aaron and Miriam spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman that he had married.
A couple of questions:
Is the Ethiopian wife mentioned in
Numbers 12:1 the same wife as Zipporah that Moses had married in Midian? Or is this Ethiopian wife referenced in
Numbers 12:1 a second wife for Moses?
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