BIble Study: Who was Moses’ wife? Did Moses have more than one wife?

Christian Pure Team

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Summary

  • Moses’s life showcases both his divine mission and his human struggles, revealing his role as a husband and father before becoming a leader.
  • Zipporah, Moses’s wife, played a crucial part in his life, providing love, hospitality, and displaying immense courage during critical moments.
  • The story highlights themes of commitment, prejudice, and God’s grace towards outsiders, illustrated through the tensions between Moses, Zipporah, and his siblings.
  • The Catholic Church emphasizes the sanctity of marriage as a monogamous union, referencing biblical figures while noting the pitfalls of polygamy in scripture.

We often picture Moses as a figure of immense strength and solitude. We see him on the mountaintop, face-to-face with God, receiving the Law etched in stone. We see him as the powerful leader of a nation, the intermediary between the divine and the human. But the Holy Scriptures, in their tender and powerful wisdom, also invite us to see Moses the man. Before he was a lawgiver, he was a fugitive. Before he led a people, he was a…

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