Prophets & WritingsOld Testament

Zipporah

Exodus

When

c. 1486–1445 BC· In the text

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Name meaning

"bird" · Hebrew

About

Midianite daughter of Jethro and wife of Moses, mother of his sons Gershom and Eliezer. On the journey back to Egypt she circumcised their son in a mysterious nighttime encounter to spare Moses' life, calling him a 'bridegroom of blood.'

Relationships

FatherJethroFather, priest of Midian

SpouseMosesHusband

Key Scripture AppearancesKJV

Exodus 2:21

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.Exodus 2:21, KJV

Exodus 4:25

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.Exodus 4:25, KJV

Exodus 18:2

Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,Exodus 18:2, KJV

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