Bible Cross References
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
Exodus 3:1
One day while Moses was taking care of the sheep and goats of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, he led the flock across the desert and came to Sinai, the holy mountain.
Exodus 4:18
Then Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go back to my relatives in Egypt to see if they are still alive." Jethro agreed and told him good-bye.
Exodus 18:1-12
1
Moses' father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and the people of Israel when he led them out of Egypt.
2
So he came to Moses, bringing with him Moses' wife Zipporah, who had been left behind,
3
and Gershom and Eliezer, her two sons. (Moses had said, "I have been a foreigner in a strange land"; so he had named one son Gershom.
4
He had also said, "The God of my father helped me and saved me from being killed by the king of Egypt"; so he had named the other son Eliezer. )
5
Jethro came with Moses' wife and her two sons into the desert where Moses was camped at the holy mountain.
6
He had sent word to Moses that they were coming,
7
so Moses went out to meet him, bowed before him, and kissed him. They asked about each other's health and then went into Moses' tent.
8
Moses told Jethro everything that the LORD had done to the king and the people of Egypt in order to rescue the Israelites. He also told him about the hardships the people had faced on the way and how the LORD had saved them.
9
When Jethro heard all this, he was happy
10
and said, "Praise the LORD, who saved you from the king and the people of Egypt! Praise the LORD, who saved his people from slavery!
11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, because he did this when the Egyptians treated the Israelites with such contempt."
12
Then Jethro brought an offering to be burned whole and other sacrifices to be offered to God; and Aaron and all the leaders of Israel went with him to eat the sacred meal as an act of worship.
Jethro
Numbers 19:20
Those who have become ritually unclean and do not purify themselves remain unclean, because the water for purification has not been thrown over them. They defile the LORD's Tent and will no longer be considered God's people.