Biblical Person · Old · Exodus & Wilderness
Zipporah
via Wikimedia Commons
Zipporah was the wife of Moses and the daughter of Jethro, the priest of Midian, known for her role in the circumcision of her son to save Moses from divine wrath.
AI-assisted summary — may contain inaccuracies.
From Wikidata
Biographical facts
- More
- Wikipedia →
Where Zipporah appears
3 verses across 1 book.
Verses mentioning Zipporah
- Exod 2:21 — And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
- Exod 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.
- Exod 18:2 — Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
Voices from the tradition
The Church Fathers on Zipporah
Patristic commentary on the Scriptures that name Zipporah.
As regards Moses, it is clear that he would have been in peril at the inn, if Zipporah, which is by interpretation "a bird," had not circumcised her son and cut off the foreskin of marriage with the knife which prefigured the gospel.
Historic voices touch this life
6 passages from 3 historic works cite verses that mention Zipporah.
- John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · 3 passages
- Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible · 2 passages
- Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament · 1 passage