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Who was Zipporah in the story of Moses?
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Moses Showing the Tables of the Law to the People, oil painting by Rembrandt, 1659; in the Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
In the biblical narrative, Zipporah was the wife of Moses and one of the seven daughters of Jethro, a priest of Midian.12
After fleeing Egypt, Moses encountered Zipporah and her sisters at a well while they were watering their father's flocks. When other shepherds attempted to drive the women away, Moses intervened and protected them. Following this event, Moses stayed with Jethro, eventually marrying Zipporah and taking on the responsibility of tending her father's flocks in the wilderness. Later, after the Exodus, Jethro brought Zipporah and their sons to reunite with Moses at the "mountain of God".21