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Exodus 18:12

And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, takes a burnt-offering and sacrifices [it] for God; and Aaron comes in, and all [the] elderly of Israel, to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses, before God.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.

In Context

11now I have known that YHWH [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly—[He is] above them!”

13And it comes to pass on the next day, that Moses sits to judge the people, and the people stand before Moses from the morning to the evening;

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Cross References

Genesis 4:4and Abel, he has brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, and from their fat ones; and YHWH looks to Abel and to his present,

Genesis 12:7And YHWH appears to Abram and says, “To your seed I give this land”; and there he builds an altar to YHWH, who has appeared to him.

Genesis 26:30And he makes a banquet for them, and they eat and drink,

Genesis 43:25and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they eat bread.

Exodus 24:5and he sends the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to YHWH—calves.

Leviticus 7:11And this [is] a law of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings which [one] brings near to YHWH:

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 →

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