Jochebed

AI summary: Jochebed matters because the cross references place her at the maternal center of Israel's deliverance generation. Through her come the prophet who leads the exodus, the priest who shapes Israel's worship, and the prophetess who leads praise after the sea. Taken together, the material presents Jochebed as a mother whose household becomes one of the most consequential family lines in the whole biblical story.¹

Jehovah is her glory, the wife of Amram, and the mother of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses (Num. 26:59). She is spoken of as the sister of Kohath, Amram’s father (Ex. 6:20; comp. 16, 18; 2:1-10). ³