Moses' wife named Tharbis. Click here.
Back Story: The Bible provided no documentation that Moses married a Cushite woman, except the reference in Number chapter 12. Often Cush is translated as Ethiopian. Cush (AKA Ethiopia) was a country south of Egypt inhabited by offspring of Ham, the second son of Noah. The Cushites were dark-skinned individuals.
The great Jewish historian, Josephus, wrote that Moses married an Ethiopian. In Antiquity of Jews (Book 2, Chapter 10), Josephus recorded that while Moses lived in Egypt, he commanded the Egyptian army in a long war against the Ethiopians. While fighting one battle, Tharbis, daughter of the Ethiopian king, saw Moses leading the Egyptian army and fell in love with him. She sent word to Moses that she would deliver the city to him if Moses would marry her. Moses agreed to the marriage. Almost immediately, Tharbis told Moses how to capture the city. After the battle, Moses married Tharbis, an Ethiopian princess.
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