Numbers 12:1

WEB

¹Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

KJV

¹And Miriam^[+] and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

BSB

¹Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.

FBV

¹Miriam and Aaron were critical of Moses because of his Ethiopian^[+] wife—he'd married an Ethiopian woman.

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Extra References

Exodus 2:21

²¹Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.

Genesis 26:34-35

³⁴When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite. ³⁵They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.

Genesis 24:37

³⁷My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

⁴⁶Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?”

Matthew 10:36

³⁶A man’s foes will be those of his own household.

Galatians 4:16

¹⁶So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Genesis 34:14-15

¹⁴and said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us. ¹⁵Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised,

Genesis 24:3

³I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

John 7:5

⁵For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.

Genesis 28:6-9

⁶Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;” ⁷and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram. ⁸Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father. ⁹So Esau went to Ishmael, and took, in addition to the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.