ZIPPORAH

Daughter of Jethro, wife of Moses, and mother of Eliezer and Gershom. When Moses fled from Egypt into Midian, and there stood up in defense of the daughters of Jethro, priest or prince of Midian, against shepherds who would have hindered them form watering their flocks, Jethro took him into his house, and gave him his daughter Zipporah in marriage, Ex 2:15-22; 4:25; 18:2-4.

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Zipporah. Zipporah
A female bird. Reuel’s daughter, who became the wife of Moses (Ex. 2:21). In consequence of the event recorded in Ex. 4:24-26, she and her two sons, Gershom and Eliezer, when so far on the way with Moses toward Egypt, were sent back by him to her own kinsfolk, the Midianites, with whom they sojourned till Moses afterwards joined them (18:2-6).

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Zipporah. beauty; trumpet; mourning

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ZIPPORAH. → Wife of Moses Ex 2:16-22 → Reproaches Moses Ex 4:25,26 → Separates from Moses, is brought again to him by her father Ex 18:2-6 → Miriam and Aaron upbraid Moses concerning Nu 12:1

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daughter of Jethro, married to Moses Ex 2:16; 4:25; 18:2; Nu 12:1