Exodus 18:6

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Jethro sent word to Moses, saying, 'I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons.'

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  • Exod 18:1-5
    5 verses
    92%

    1Jethro, the priest of Midian and Moses’ father-in-law, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and for His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

    2Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she had been sent away,

    3along with her two sons. One was named Gershom, meaning, 'I have been a foreigner in a foreign land,' because Moses had said, 'I was a sojourner in a strange land.'

    4The name of the other son was Eliezer, meaning, 'My God is my help,' for Moses had said, 'The God of my father was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.'

    5Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came to Moses in the wilderness where he was camped at the mountain of God, bringing Moses’ wife and his two sons with him.

  • Exod 18:7-10
    4 verses
    83%

    7So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

    8Moses told his father-in-law about everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for the sake of Israel, all the hardships they had faced along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

    9Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel, delivering them from the hand of the Egyptians.

    10Jethro said, 'Blessed be the LORD, who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from under the hand of Egypt.'

  • Exod 18:14-17
    4 verses
    78%

    14When Moses’ father-in-law saw everything he was doing for the people, he said, 'What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, while all the people stand around you from morning till evening?'

    15Moses answered his father-in-law, 'Because the people come to me to inquire of God.'

    16Whenever they have a dispute, they come to me to seek judgment. I decide between one person and another and make known the statutes of God and His laws.

    17Moses' father-in-law said to him, 'What you are doing is not good.'

  • Exod 4:18-20
    3 verses
    78%

    18Then Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, 'Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt to see if they are still alive.' And Jethro said to Moses, 'Go in peace.'

    19Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, 'Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are now dead.'

    20So Moses took his wife and his sons, put them on a donkey, and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

  • Exod 18:12
    77%

    12Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God. Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

  • Exod 18:27
    76%

    27Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.

  • Exod 2:18
    75%

    18When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked, 'Why have you returned so early today?'

  • Exod 3:1
    74%

    1Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Exod 18:24
    74%

    24Moses listened to his father-in-law’s advice and did everything he said.

  • Num 10:29
    73%

    29Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law: "We are setting out for the place about which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things for Israel."

  • Gen 47:5
    71%

    5Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and brothers have come to you.'

  • Num 25:6
    70%

    6Then an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman into his family, in the sight of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

  • Exod 2:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20Reuel said to his daughters, 'And where is he? Why did you leave the man? Invite him to have something to eat.'

    21Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

  • Exod 2:16
    70%

    16Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.

  • Lev 18:1
    70%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 19:3
    69%

    3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, "This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob and declare to the children of Israel:

  • Exod 6:2
    68%

    2God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD."

  • Num 15:17
    68%

    17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 18:2
    68%

    2Bring your brothers from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, to join you and assist you while you and your sons serve before the tent of the testimony.

  • Gen 45:19
    68%

    19You are also instructed to do this: Take wagons from Egypt for your children and your wives, and bring your father and come.

  • Exod 6:28
    68%

    28Now it came to pass on the day the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

  • Exod 4:27
    68%

    27The LORD said to Aaron, 'Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.' So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.

  • Num 26:59
    68%

    59The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, a daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. Jochebed bore to Amram: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

  • Lev 19:1
    68%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 25:16
    68%

    16The LORD said to Moses,

  • Lev 17:1
    68%

    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Gen 6:18
    68%

    18But I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.