{"id":53991,"date":"2025-07-19T21:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T21:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=53991"},"modified":"2026-10-26T19:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:44:17","slug":"moses-wife-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/moses-wife-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0421\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0436\u0435\u043d \u0431\u044b\u043b\u043e \u0443 \u041c\u043e\u0438\u0441\u0435\u044f? 1 \u0438\u043b\u0438 2: \u0421\u0435\u043f\u0444\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u0438 \u043a\u0443\u0448\u0438\u0442\u044f\u043d\u043a\u0430"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Moses had one wife by name, and perhaps a second. The named wife is Zipporah, daughter of the priest of Midian (Exodus 2:21). The other is &quot;the Ethiopian woman whom he had married&quot; (Numbers 12:1), in Hebrew &quot;the Cushite woman.&quot; Was she a second wife, or Zipporah herself? The text does not settle it. Whether she was one woman or two, Moses married outside Israel. He was himself a refugee when he met Zipporah. He named his first son Gershom,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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