Exodus 18:1
Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
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2And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
Cross References
Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Exodus 2:21And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Exodus 4:18And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Numbers 10:29And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which LORD said, I will give it to you. Come thou with us, and we will do thee good, for LORD has spoken good concerni
Joshua 9:9And they said to him, From a very far country. Thy servants have come because of the name of LORD thy God, for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
Judges 4:11Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the sons of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 18:1
This chapter is concerning Moses himself, and the affairs of his own family. I. Jethro his father-in-law brings to him his wife and children, ver. 1-6 . II. Moses entertains his father-in-law with great respect ( ver. 7 ), with good discourse ( ver. 8-11 ), with a sacrifice and a feast, ver. 12 . III. Jethro advises him about the management of his business as a judge in Israel, to take inferior judges in to his assistance ( ver. 13-23 ), and Moses, after some time, takes his counsel ( ver. 24-26 ), and so they… Read the whole commentary →