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Zipporah, Or Zipporah
daughter of Reuel or Jethro, the priest of Midian, wife of Moses and mother of his two sons Gershom and Eliezer. (Exodus 2:21; 4:25; 18:2) comp. Exod 18:6 (B.C. 1530.) The only incident recorded in her life is that of the circumcision of Gershom. (Exodus 4:24-28)
In the Bible
3
Verses where Zipporah, Or Zipporah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Exodus 2:21
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
- Exodus 4:25
But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
- Exodus 18:2
After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,
Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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