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Cushites

People of Cush south of Egypt, from whom Ebed-Melech who rescued Jeremiah and the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts came.

people group10 Bible books16 chapters24 verse appearancesAlso known as: Cushite, Ethiopians, Ethiopian

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People of Cush, the region south of Egypt also rendered in the WEB translation. marries a Cushite woman, Zerah the Ethiopian invades under Asa, and Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian rescues from the cistern. The Cushite eunuch baptized by Philip in Acts 8 represents an early extension of the gospel to the ends of the earth.

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