Exodus 3:1 “Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro…”

Exodus 3:1

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb.

American Standard Version

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.

Geneva Bible 1599

When Moses kept the sheepe of Iethro his father in lawe, Priest of Midian, and droue the flocke to the backe side of the desert, and came to the Mountaine of God, Horeb,

Darby Translation

And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God — to Horeb.

Young's Literal Translation

And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;

Bible in Basic English

Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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Cross references

“A. M. 2513. B.C. 1491. kept”

Psalm 78:70–72 Luke 2:8 Amos 1:1 Amos 7:14 Amos 7:15 Matthew 4:18

Psalm 78:70–72 · BSB

He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

Luke 2:8 · BSB

And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

Amos 1:1 · BSB

These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel…

Amos 7:14 · BSB

“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

Amos 7:15 · BSB

But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

Matthew 4:18 · BSB

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

“his father”

Numbers 10:29 Exodus 18:1–6 Judges 4:11 Exodus 2:16 Exodus 2:21

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…

Exodus 18:1–6 · BSB

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.

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.

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 2:21 · BSB

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

“the mountain”

1 Kings 19:8 Exodus 3:5 Exodus 19:3 Exodus 19:11 Exodus 24:15–17 Exodus 18:5

1 Kings 19:8 · BSB

So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

Exodus 3:5 · BSB

“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

Exodus 19:3 · BSB

Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:

Exodus 19:11 · BSB

and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

Exodus 24:15–17 · BSB

When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,

Exodus 18:5 · BSB

Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.

“Horeb”

Exodus 17:6 Malachi 4:4 Deuteronomy 1:6 Deuteronomy 4:10 Psalm 106:19

Exodus 17:6 · BSB

Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Malachi 4:4 · BSB

“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

Deuteronomy 1:6 · BSB

The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

Deuteronomy 4:10 · BSB

The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them…

Psalm 106:19 · BSB

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

Also

Exodus 24:13 Exodus 2:18 Exodus 4:27

Exodus 24:13 · BSB

So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.

Exodus 2:18 · BSB

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

Exodus 4:27 · BSB

Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.

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

In context

2There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

Read Exodus 3