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Jethro יִתְרוֹ
Midianite. Jethro, also known as Reuel, was Moses' father-in-law and a priest of Midian.
Also called Jether, Jothor, Reuel, Raguel.
Family
| Children | Hobab, Zipporah |
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Where Jethro appears
Key verses
- Exodus 2:18 first mention — And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
- Exodus 3:1 — Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
- Exodus 4:18 — And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
- Exodus 18:1 — 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;
- Exodus 18:2 — Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
- Exodus 18:5 — 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:
- Exodus 18:6 — And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
- Exodus 18:9 — 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.
- Exodus 18:10 — And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 18:12 — 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.
- Numbers 10:29 — And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.