The Bible says that Aaron and Miriam spoke against Moses "because of th e Ethiopian woman he had married." - or if you are old-fashioned like me , because of his 'Cushite' wife (as Cush is how the word was translated before the translatorsbegan using "Eth Marriage and the constitution of the family According to the laws of Moses, aman was forbidden to remarry a divorce d wife, if she had married again and become a widow, or had been divorce d from her second husband. Israelites were notforbidden to intn Tharbis was the daughter of the king of the Ethiopians: she happened to see Moses as he led the army near the walls, and fought with great cour age; and admiring the subtility of his undertakings, and believing him t o be the author of theEgyptians' succc