Moses, a Jew, apparently married a black African and was approved by God.
[ATTACH=full]395591[/ATTACH]possible portrait of Mrs Moses.
We learn in Numbers that “Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman” (Num. 12:1). A Cushite is from Cush, a region south of Ethiopia, where the people are known for their black skin. We know this because of Jeremiah 13:23: “Can the Ethiopian [the same Hebrew word translated “Cushite” in Numbers 12:1] change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.” Attention is drawn to the difference of the skin of the Cushite people.
In his book From Every People and Nation: A Biblical Theology of Race, Daniel Hays writes that Cush “is used regularly to refer to the area south of Egypt, and above the cataracts on the Nile, where a Black African civilization flourished for over two thousand years. Thus it is quite clear that Moses marries a Black African woman” (71).
In response to Miriam’s criticism, God does not get angry at Moses; he gets angry at Miriam. The criticism has to do with Moses’ marriage and Moses’ authority. The most explicit statement relates to the marriage: “Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman.” Then God strikes Miriam with leprosy. Why? Consider this possibility. In God’s anger at Miriam, Moses’ sister, God says in effect, “You like being light-skinned Miriam? I’ll make you light-skinned.” So we read, “When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow” (Num. 12:10)
God says not a critical word against Moses for marrying a black Cushite woman. But when Miriam criticizes God’s chosen leader for this marriage God strikes her skin with white leprosy. If you ever thought black was a biblical symbol for uncleanness, be careful; a worse white uncleanness could come upon you.
We as Kikuyus(And black people in general)need to stop holding onto or trying to claim middle-eastern/Abrahamic religions. It’s pathetic.
As a Kikuyu ,I know my ancestors weren’t mentioned in the bible and I really don’t give a fuck.
Take pride in your own culture.
I went to investigate this hekaya then I came across this verse:
Numbers 12:3 NIV - (Now Moses was a very humble man,(E) more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.) :D:DKumbe ni ukweli alisemanga hivi. Hata The Miz na Jack Swagger hawakuwai jigamba hivi wreso.
moses was a negroe …it’s all in the bible… kama you think unajua bible sana through kanyari’s teachings and its false , kuko na real historical and verifiable facts i’ve dropped before on this topic… kwa documentaries section…
that whole area was connected to egypt, there was no suez canal…
The history that is documented is that Bantus came from West and south into Kenya. Anyway, all tribes in Kenya are a mixture of the three: Cushite, Nilote and Bantu to varying degrees as DNA analysis has shown
Israelites were known as Shasu, before adopting monotheism from Habiru (Kikuyu Kabiru?) who lived in Jerusalem. Research has shown that ancient Israelites worshipped gods other than the deity known as Yhwh. The ‘Shasu of Yahweh’ are mentioned in the topographical texts at Soleb and Amarah-West. On the other hand, the identity of Habiru has historically remained a mystery and their interesting legendary battles were documented in the cuneiform archive from Egypt known as the Amarna Letters. The point I am stressing here is that people of African extraction (Habiru), who had preserved their monotheist religion for ages, gave form to Judaism that unfortunately the Shasu (Jews) took as theirs while writing the Torah and other scriptures without giving credit to the source- a classical example of religious appropriation. It’s thus kumbaff for us (people of colour) to be tracing our roots from Jews especially where one embraces the school of thought that ‘we are one of the lost tribe of Israel’
