“... Moses fled to Midian. No sooner did he arrive there than he acted to save the daughters of Jethro, the priest of Midian, as they watered their flocks at the well. Invited to Jethro's dwelling, Moses soon married one of the daughters, Zipporah, and settled down at his father-in-law's house. Interestingly, later on, the Bible speaks of Moses' having married an Ethiopian woman: Miriam and Aaron spoke out against Moses, because of the Cushite [Ethiopian] woman whom he had married, for he had indeed married a Cushite woman. — Num. 12:1 In context, it might seem that this was a different wife. Yet, since the text nowhere else mentions this other wife, some interpreters naturally concluded that Zipporah was, in fact, the "Ethiopian" in question. [Zipporah introduces herself to Moses:] This land, O stranger, all bears Libya's name, but tribes of sundry races dwell throughout; the dark-skinned Aethiops. Yet there is one who ruler, prince, and sole commander, he rules all this state and judges mortal men; a priest, the father of myself and these. — Ezekiel the Tragedian, Exagoge 60-65 ...”