designation for Nubia, on the southern border of Egypt (Gen. 10:6; 2 Kings 19:9; Isa. 20:3). Some commentators believe that Nubia is too far removed from Moses’ sphere of activity for him to have married a Nubian; on the contrary, a mixed multitude had come out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership (Exod. 12:38). The idea that a Cushite woman was among them is not hard to believe. Miriam’s complaint, then, is of nationality: the woman is not an Israelite, but she comes from the land of the oppressors