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Text -- Exodus 18:1-10 (NET)
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The Advice of Jethro
18:1 Jethro , the priest of Midian , Moses ’ father-in-law , heard about all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel , that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt .
18:2 Jethro , Moses ’ father-in-law , took Moses ’ wife Zipporah after he had sent her back ,
18:3 and her two sons , one of whom was named Gershom (for Moses had said , “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land ”),
18:4 and the other Eliezer (for Moses had said, “The God of my father has been my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh ”).
18:5 Jethro , Moses’ father-in-law , together with Moses ’ sons and his wife , came to Moses in the desert where he was camping by the mountain of God .
18:6 He said to Moses , “I , your father-in-law Jethro , am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons with her.”
18:7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him; they each asked about the other’s welfare , and then they went into the tent .
18:8 Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt for Israel’s sake , and all the hardship that had come on them along the way , and how the Lord had delivered them.
18:9 Jethro rejoiced because of all the good that the Lord had done for Israel , whom he had delivered from the hand of Egypt .
18:10 Jethro said , “Blessed be the Lord who has delivered you from the hand of Egypt , and from the hand of Pharaoh , who has delivered the people from the Egyptians ’ control !
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
JETHRO |
Moses |
Zipporah |
ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 1 |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 |
Heathen |
COURTS, JUDICIAL |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
ISRAEL, RELIGION OF, 1 |
BLINDNESS, JUDICIAL |
WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL |
Gershom |
Eliezer |
Kiss |
ELIEZAR |
Thankfulness |
ADORATION |
ZIPPORAH, OR ZIPPORAH |
Helper |
Tent |
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NET Notes: Exo 18:1 This is an important report that Jethro has heard, for the claim of God that he brought Israel out of bondage in Egypt will be the foundation of the c...
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NET Notes: Exo 18:3 Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity (also in the following verse).
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NET Notes: Exo 18:4 The verb “delivered” is an important motif in this chapter (see its use in vv. 8, 9, and 10 with reference to Pharaoh).
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NET Notes: Exo 18:5 The mountain of God is Horeb, and so the desert here must be the Sinai desert by it. But chap. 19 suggests that they left Rephidim to go the 24 miles ...
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NET Notes: Exo 18:6 This verse may seem out of place, since the report has already been given that they came to the desert. It begins to provide details of the event that...
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NET Notes: Exo 18:7 This is more than polite oriental custom. Jethro was Moses’ benefactor, father-in-law, and a priest. He paid much respect to him. Now he could i...
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NET Notes: Exo 18:9 The word חָדָה (khada) is rare, occurring only in Job 3:6 and Ps 21:6, although it is common in Aramaic. The LXX transla...
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