Exodus 18:12
So Jethro the kinsman of Moses offered holocausts and sacrifices to God: and Aaron and all the ancients of Israel came, to eat bread with them before God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11Now I know that the Lord is great above all gods: because they dealt proudly against them.
13And the next day Moses sat, to judge the people, who stood by Moses from morning until night.
Cross References
Genesis 4:4Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offerings.
Genesis 12:7And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 26:30And he made them a feast, and after they had eaten and drunk:
Genesis 43:25But they made ready the presents, against Joseph came at noon: for they had heard that they should eat bread there.
Exodus 24:5And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord.
Leviticus 7:11This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that is offered to the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 18:8-13
7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. 8 And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Jethro said,… Read the whole commentary →