Moses

Moses — Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt, received the Law at Sinai and guided the people through the wilderness.

Parents

• Amram father Exodus 6:20 · Numbers 26:59 · 1 Chronicles 6:3
• Jochebed mother Exodus 6:20 · Numbers 26:59
• Pharaoh's daughter adopted him as her son Exodus 2:5–10 · Acts 7:21

  "He became her son" (Exodus 2:10).

Spouses

• Zipporah wife Exodus 2:21 · Exodus 18:2
• The Cushite woman Moses married wife Interpretive Numbers 12:1

  Numbers 12:1 says Moses had married a Cushite woman. Some identify her with Zipporah, others with a second wife; the text does not say.

Children

• Gershom son Exodus 2:22 · Exodus 18:3 · 1 Chronicles 23:15
• Eliezer son Exodus 18:4 · 1 Chronicles 23:15

Brothers and sisters

• Aaron brother Exodus 4:14 · Exodus 6:20 · Exodus 7:7
• Miriam sister Numbers 26:59

  Exodus 2:4-8 tells of Moses' sister watching over him; Numbers 26:59 names Miriam as the sister of Aaron and Moses.

Other relatives

• Jethro father-in-law Exodus 3:1 · Exodus 18:1
• Hobab in-law (exact relationship disputed) Disputed Numbers 10:29 · Judges 4:11

  Numbers 10:29 calls Hobab the son of Reuel, Moses' father-in-law; Judges 4:11 calls Hobab Moses' brother-in-law (some translations: father-in-law).

Ancestors

1. Kohath grandparent
2. Levi grandparent
3. Leah 1× great-grandparent
4. Jacob 1× great-grandparent
5. Laban 2× great-grandparent
6. Isaac 2× great-grandparent
7. Rebekah 2× great-grandparent
8. Bethuel 3× great-grandparent
9. Abraham 3× great-grandparent
10. Sarah 3× great-grandparent
11. Nahor 4× great-grandparent
12. Milcah 4× great-grandparent
13. Terah 4× great-grandparent

Tribe, clan and house

• Tribe: Levi by descent through the recorded fathers (derived, not stated)

Office and succession (not family)

• Joshua followed in office — Leader of Israel Numbers 27:18–23 · Deuteronomy 34:9 · Joshua 1:1–2

  Moses laid his hands on Joshua. Joshua was not Moses' son.