In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “moses 's wife”. Today it says “mentioned in the book of exodus as the wife of moses”.
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Zipporah or Tzipora ( צִפּוֹרָה "Bird", Standard Hebrew Ẓippora , Tiberian Hebrew Ṣippôrāh ), mentioned in the Book of Exodus , is Moses 's wife. Moses meets Zipporah when fleeing from Egypt . Her father is Jethro , a priest of Midian . Zipporah and Moses have two sons, Gershom and Eliezer . Zipporah features in a puzzling and much-debated passage: At one point, as Moses is returning to Egypt to confront Pharaoh , Zipporah saves Moses's life. God is prepared to kill Moses, apparently because his firstborn son Gershom had not been circumcised , so Zipporah performs the circumcision and touched Moses's feet with the foreskin , saying, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me." God then spares Moses. It is unclear whether Zipporah is the Cushite (i.e. black) wife that Moses had married according to the Book of Numbers . Jewish tradition holds the two to be identical, but many modern scholars do not. She is buried in the Tomb of the Matriarchs in Tiberias .1
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Zipporah or Tzipora ( Hebrew : צִפּוֹרָה , Modern : Tsippora , Tiberian : Ṣippôrā ; Sephora ; Ṣaffūrah or Safrawa ; "bird") is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses , and the daughter of Reuel/Jethro , the priest or prince of Midian .
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Zipporah or Tzipora ( / ˈ z ɪ p . ər . ə / or / z ɪ p ˈ ɔː r . ə / ; Hebrew : צִפוֹרָה , Modern : Tsippora , Tiberian : Ṣippôrā 'bird'; Sepphōra ; Ṣaffūrah ) is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses , and the daughter of Reuel/Jethro , the priest or prince of Midian and the spiritual founder and ancestor of the Druze .In the Book of Chronicles , two of her descendants are mentioned: Shebuel , son of Gershom , and Rehabiah, son of Eliezer .
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Biblical character, wife of Moses Zipporah or Tzipora ( / ˈ z ɪ p ər ə , z ɪ ˈ p ɔːr ə / ; , Tsippōrāh , "bird") is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses , and the daughter of Reuel/Jethro , the priest and prince of Midian .In the Book of Chronicles , two of her grandsons are mentioned: Shebuel , son of Gershom , and Rehabiah , son of Eliezer ( 1 Chronicles 23:16–17 with invalid book ).Notable pictures in Rome .There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Biblical character, wife of Moses Zipporah , or Tzipora ( / ˈ z ɪ p ər ə , z ɪ ˈ p ɔːr ə / ; , Ṣīppōrā , "bird"), is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses , and the daughter of Reuel/Jethro , the priest and prince of Midian . She is the mother of Moses' two sons: Eliezer , and Gershom . In the Book of Chronicles , two of her grandsons are mentioned: Shebuel , son of Gershom ; and Rehabiah , son of Eliezer ( 1 Chronicles 23:16–17 ). Notable pictures in Rome . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Wife of Moses For other people, see Tzipporah (name) . Zipporah is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses , and the daughter of Jethro , the priest and prince of Midian . She is the mother of Moses' two sons: Eliezer and Gershom . In the Book of Chronicles , two of her grandsons are mentioned: Shebuel , son of Gershom ; and Rehabiah , son of Eliezer . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ). * Corduan, Winfried (2013). Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict .
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mentioned in the book of exodus as the wife of moses
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