Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Was Moses a Bigamist?

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 In three words: I don't think so. I found this post on Dr. Mariotini's blog extremely interesting for several reasons. I had no idea that people questioned if Moses had more than one wife. I just always thought that the woman mention in Numbers 12 as an Ethiopian (Cushite) was Zipporah. It never dwaned on me that it could be another woman. I also found interesting the extended quote from Josephus about Moses fighting a war, leading an Egyptian army, in Ethiopia. This story is used in the Ten Commandments movie staring Charleton Heston. I had always wondered where that idea came from.I've never read all of Josephus because the translation is relaly hard to wade through....kind of like chewing glass - at least the translation I own. In point of fact if Moses was married to more than one woman, while multiple of them was still living it doesn't mean than polygamy is okay nor that Moses is any less a friend and servant of God. (Moses, David, and Jacob had multiple wives). I'm sure they would tell you, if you could ask them in Heaven, they'd tell you not to do it.

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Was Moses a Bigamist?