The Cushite Wife of Moses

Where to find the story of the Cushite wife of Moses?

The nameless woman known only as the Cushite woman is found in Numbers 12:1.

The Cushite woman tells her story.

Mariam and Arron were so angry that Moses married me.  They had a terrible fight.  Mariam became very ill as a result.

Observations on the Cushite woman.

Was the Cushite woman  Zipporah the wife mentioned in Exodus?  She is said to be from the land of Midian.  Did Moses have two wives?  Why were Mariam and Arron so angry that Moses had married a Cushite?  

In Numbers 25:1-8 the grandson of Arron kills an Israelite man and a Midianite woman.  The man is said to have brought her into his family.  They may have been having sex because they are in the tent and both are stabbed through the belly.  

"Since Cush is the Hebrew term for Ethiopia or Nubia, some say that this woman was black." 

(Winter, Miriam Therese; Woman Wisdom, 1993)

Like so many biblical women all we know about her is how she figures into the story of the male biblical hero. 

Following is an interesting video about the Cushite wife of Moses.