Exodus 18:5 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 18:5

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.

BSB

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ASV

And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God:

KJV

And 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:

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The wilderness - i. e., according to the view which seems on the whole most probable, the plain near the northern summit of Horeb, the mountain of God. The valley which opens upon Er Rahah on the left of Horeh is called “Wady Shueib” by the Arabs, i. e. the vale of Hobab.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֞א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he came	H935 →
יִתְר֨וֹ	yit.Ro	Jethro	H3503 →
חֹתֵ֥ן	cho.Ten	[the] father-in-law of	H2859 →
מֹשֶׁ֛ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
וּבָנָ֥יו	u.va.Nav	and sons his	H1121 →
וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ	ve.'ish.To	and wife his	H802 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מֹשֶׁ֑ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר	ha.mid.Bar	the wilderness	H4057 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	where	H834 →
ה֛וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
חֹנֶ֥ה	cho.Neh	[was] encamped	H2583 →
שָׁ֖ם	sham	there	H8033 →
הַ֥ר	har	[the] mountain of	H2022 →
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 3:12
“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will…
leads to
- Joshua 1:5
  No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Romans 8:31
  What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Deuteronomy 31:23
  Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with…
- Isaiah 41:10
  Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Genesis 31:3
  Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
Through
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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 19:8
  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 17:6
  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…
- Psalms 78:70–72
  He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

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