To: HitmanNY
Apparently it was a political marriage, Moses being ruler in Cush. And apparently Moses never consumated the marriage. Do a Google search using "Cushite woman" and read some of the commentary on the Torah.
Rarely are things as simple as they appear on the surface.
173 posted on
04/09/2005 6:22:32 AM PDT by
William Terrell
(Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
To: William Terrell
'Do a Google search using "Cushite woman" and read some of the commentary on the Torah.'
According to Rashi, the foremost Torah commentator, the word "Cushite" was used to imply (opposite of) beautiful, as a protection against the evil eye. Apparently Rashi questions whether or not this woman was actually black.
202 posted on
04/10/2005 1:56:48 PM PDT by
MoochPooch
(A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
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