Exodus 18:2

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

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KJV

Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

ASV

And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,

YLT

and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,

DBT

And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

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Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses's wife,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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After he had sent her back - Why Zipporah and her two sons returned to Midian, is not certainly known. From the transaction recorded Exo 4:20, Exo 4:24, it seems as if she had been alarmed at the danger to which the life of one of her sons had been exposed, and fearing worse evils, left her husband and returned to her father.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

Jethro . . . came . . . unto Moses, &c.--It is thought by many eminent commentators that this episode is inserted out of its chronological order, for it is described as occurring when the Israelites were "encamped at the mount of God." And yet they did not reach it till the third month after their departure from Egypt (Ex 19:1, 2; compare De 1:6, 9-15).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Exodus 2:21
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
Exodus 18:24
Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.
Acts 7:29
At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
Exodus 4:25–26
But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.

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Who & where

PersonExodus and Wilderness PeriodMosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.

About this book

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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Exodus 2:21
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:5
  Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- Genesis 31:38–40
  I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
- Exodus 2:10
  When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
- Exodus 4:20–25
  So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
- Hebrews 11:25
  He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

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