Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
Moses had sent Zipporah and their two sons and children back to Midian to his father-in-law Jethro at the time of his mission to Egypt, on the way there, so she was not with him during the plagues and the dangers of leading Israel out. She was timid, retiring, gentle, affectionate and tender-hearted and greatly distressed at the sight of suffering, and he sent her away to spare her the pain of witnessing the judgments and plagues that were to fall on the Egyptians.
After Jethro heard of the wonderful deliverance of Israel from Egypt, he brought Zipporah and the children to Moses in the Israelite camp in the wilderness. There Moses welcomed his family and could again enjoy their company. When Zipporah rejoined him she saw that his burdens were wearing away and threatening his strength, and she made her fears known to Jethro. Jethro's suggested measures for his relief grew out of her report and led Moses to appoint men to handle the people's secular concerns while he cared for their religious interests.
The verse belongs to the account of Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, showing his involvement in Moses' family story as a witness to God among the Gentiles, chosen to reveal the principles of heaven. Miriam disliked Zipporah as a woman of another nation, despised her marriage to Moses, and regarded her influence as the cause of Moses no longer taking Miriam and Aaron into his counsels as formerly.
Moses had sent Zipporah and their two sons and children back to Midian to his father-in-law Jethro at the time of his mission to Egypt, on the way there, so she was not with him during the plagues and the dangers of leading Israel out. She was timid, retiring, gentle, affectionate and tender-hearted and greatly distressed at the sight of suffering, and he sent her away to spare her the pain of witnessing the judgments and plagues that were to fall on the Egyptians.
After Jethro heard of the wonderful deliverance of Israel from Egypt, he brought Zipporah and the children to Moses in the Israelite camp in the wilderness. There Moses welcomed his family and could again enjoy their company. When Zipporah rejoined him she saw that his burdens were wearing away and threatening his strength, and she made her fears known to Jethro. Jethro's suggested measures for his relief grew out of her report and led Moses to appoint men to handle the people's secular concerns while he cared for their religious interests.
The verse belongs to the account of Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, showing his involvement in Moses' family story as a witness to God among the Gentiles, chosen to reveal the principles of heaven. Miriam disliked Zipporah as a woman of another nation, despised her marriage to Moses, and regarded her influence as the cause of Moses no longer taking Miriam and Aaron into his counsels as formerly.