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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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשְׁמַ֞עvai.yish.Ma'and he heardH8085 →
יִתְר֨וֹyit.RoJethroH3503 →
כֹהֵ֤ןkho.Hen[the] priest ofH3548 →
מִדְיָן֙mid.YanMidianH4080 →
חֹתֵ֣ןcho.Ten[the] father-in-law ofH2859 →
מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehMosesH4872 →
אֵת֩'et<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherthatH834 →
עָשָׂ֤ה'a.Sahhe had doneH6213 →
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
לְמֹשֶׁ֔הle.mo.Shehfor MosesH4872 →
וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לu.le.Yis.ra.'Eland for IsraelH3478 →
עַמּ֑וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
הוֹצִ֧יאho.Tzi'he had brought outH3318 →
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714 →

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Psalms 77:14–15You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.Exodus 3:1Meanwhile, 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 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.Psalms 78:50–53He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.Psalms 106:8–11Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.Acts 14:27When 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 7:35–36This 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.Psalms 105:36–41Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.Isaiah 63:11–13Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,Psalms 34:2My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.Psalms 105:43He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.Joshua 9:9“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,Joshua 2:10For 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.Galatians 1:23–24They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”Zechariah 8:23This 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.’”Psalms 136:10–16He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.Psalms 78:4We 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.

About Exodus

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