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Jochebed
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
JOCHEBED . A sister of Kohath, married to Amram her nephew, and mother of Aaron and Moses ( Exodus 6:20 ) and Miriam ( Numbers 26:59 ). An earlier writer, E [Note: Elohist.] , in narrating the birth of Moses, speaks of his mother as a daughter of Levi, but does not give her name ( Exodus 2:1 ).
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Jochebed'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/j/jochebed.html. 1909.