Exodus 18:2
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;Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
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Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
What does Exodus 18:2 mean?
Exodus 18:2 is a verse in the book of Exodus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יִתְרוֹ (Yithrôw), מֹשֶׁה (Môsheh), חָתַן (châthan). It connects to 3 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Exodus 4:25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. sharp: or, knife cast: Heb. made it touch
Exodus 4:26So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
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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 4:18And 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. Jethro: Heb. Jether
Exodus 18:1When 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 18:12And 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.
Exodus 18:5And 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 18:6And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
Exodus 2:21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Genesis 11:29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
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What does Exodus 18:2 say?
Exodus 18:2 (King James Version) reads: "Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,"
Is Exodus 18:2 in the Old or New Testament?
Exodus 18:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Exodus.
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