Exodus 18:5

And Jethro the kinsman of Moses came with his sons and his wife, to Moses into the desert, where he was camped by the mountain of God.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

In Context

4And the other Eliezer: For the God of my father, said he, is my helper, and hath delivered me from the sword of Pharao.

6And he sent word to Moses, saying: I Jethro thy kinsman come to thee, and thy wife, and thy two sons with her.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:1Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

Exodus 19:11And let them be ready against the third day: for on the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

Exodus 24:16And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud six days: and the seventh day he called him out of the midst of the cloud.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 18:2-7

Jethro's Visit to Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt; 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help,… Read the whole commentary →

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