(2) So Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she had been sent home,(3) and her two sons—of whom one was named Gershom, that is to say, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land”;(4) and the other was named Eliezer, meaning, “The God of my father’s [house] was my help, delivering me from the sword of Pharaoh.”(5) Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought Moses’ sons and wife to him in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.(6) He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, with your wife and her two sons.”(7) Moses went out to meet his father-in-law; he bowed low and kissed him; each asked after the other’s welfare, and they went into the tent.

(5) "And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married" (Num. 12:1). Was she then a Cushite woman? Was she not Zipporah? But just as this Cushite is different as regards his body from all other people, so was Zipporah different from all other women by her words and by her good deeds; therefore was she called a Cushite, as it is said, "For he had married a Cushite woman" (ibid.).