Exodus 18:1 “Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all…”

Exodus 18:1

Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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;

World English Bible

Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

American Standard Version

Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.

Geneva Bible 1599

When Iethro the Priest of Midian Moses father in lawe heard all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and howe the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt,

Darby Translation

And Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people; that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heareth all that God hath done for Moses, and for Israel his people, that Jehovah hath brought out Israel from Egypt,

Bible in Basic English

Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.

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Cross references

“Jethro”

Exodus 2:16 Exodus 3:1 Exodus 2:21 Exodus 4:18 Numbers 10:29 Judges 4:11

Exodus 2:16 · BSB

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Exodus 3:1 · BSB

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Exodus 2:21 · BSB

Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

Exodus 4:18 · BSB

Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.

Numbers 10:29 · BSB

Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has…

Judges 4:11 · BSB

Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.

“heard”

Psalm 34:2 Psalm 44:1 Psalm 78:4 Psalm 105:43 Psalm 106:2 Zechariah 8:23

Psalm 34:2 · BSB

My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.

Psalm 44:1 · BSB

We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

Psalm 78:4 · BSB

We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.

Psalm 105:43 · BSB

He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.

Psalm 106:2 · BSB

Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

Zechariah 8:23 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”

“God”

Acts 14:27 Acts 15:12 Romans 15:18 Acts 7:35 Acts 7:36 Acts 21:19

Acts 14:27 · BSB

When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 15:12 · BSB

The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Romans 15:18 · BSB

I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

Acts 7:35 · BSB

This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Acts 7:36 · BSB

He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

Acts 21:19 · BSB

Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

“done”

Joshua 2:10 Joshua 9:9 Psalm 78:50–53 Psalm 105:36–41 Psalm 106:8–11 Psalm 136:10–16

Joshua 2:10 · BSB

For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.

Joshua 9:9 · BSB

“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,

Psalm 78:50–53 · BSB

He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

Psalm 105:36–41 · BSB

Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.

Psalm 106:8–11 · BSB

Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

Psalm 136:10–16 · BSB

He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.

Also

Exodus 2:18

Exodus 2:18 · BSB

When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,

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