Ex. 2:1, 21; 6:20-25; Num. 12:1
This family was greatly used to God, though they did make some strange marriage choices.
1. Amram his aunt, Jochebed the daughter of Kohath (Ex. 6:20). If she was considerably younger than Kohath, she and Amram may have been close in age.
2. Miriam, the eldest of Amram’s children (Aaron is only three when Moses is born and could not have followed him to the river; cf. Ex. 7:7, 2:4-8) apparently never marries.
3. Aaron, Amram’s older son, marries someone outside his tribe: Elisheba, a Judean (Ex. 6:23, Num. 1:7). Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, takes her name from this lady.
4. Moses, the youngest of Amram’s children, marries a Midianite (Ex. 2:21) and, after putting her away (Ex. 18:2), an Ethiopian woman (Num. 12:1).
The marriage of Eleazar, who succeeds his father, Aaron, as high priest, is also mentioned (Ex. 6:25), but we don’t know who Putiel was, only that Phinehas was his heir, which is far more important (Num. 25:10-13).
So even though this family makes some unusual marital choices, a few of which lead to difficulties, they’re still greatly used of God, magnifying his mercy and grace!
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