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Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Ethiopian Woman
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(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).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Ethiopian Woman'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/ethiopian-woman.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Ethiopian Woman'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/ethiopian-woman.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
