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Zipporah was one of the seven daughters of Jethro who is also called Reuel and Raguel.

Zipporah—Moses, Ethiopian wife. Exodus 2:21, 22; 4:24, 25; 18:1-6


Name Meaning—A Midian name, Zipporah means “a little bird,”


Zipporah was one of the seven daughters of Jethro who is also called Reuel and Raguel. It was to the home of this shepherd-priest in Midian that Moses came when at forty years of age he fled from Egypt, and meeting the seven girls drawing water Moses assisted them. Moses was content to live with Jethro’s family, and married Zipporah, eldest of the seven daughters. Two sons were born of the union, Gershom and Eliezer. After Moses succeeded in taking the Israelites out of Egypt, and won a battle against Amalek, Jethro/Reuel came to the Hebrew camp in the wilderness of Sinai, bringing with him Zipporah and their two sons, Gershom and Eliezer. The Bible does not say when Zipporah and her sons rejoined Reuel/Jethro, only that after he heard of what God did for the Israelites, he brought Moses’ family to him. Jethro presided at a meal where Aaron and the elders of Israel were guests (Exodus 18:12). Jethro also instructed Moses in the governance of the newly liberated Israelites (Exodus 8:13-27).

Author: Michelle D Walton – writer/contributor
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