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Jethro and Moses (watercolor circa 1900 by James Tissot) Jethro is called a priest of Midian and became father-in-law of Moses after he gave his daughter, Zipporah, in marriage to Moses. He is introduced in Exodus 2:18. Jethro is recorded as living in Midian, a territory stretching along the eastern edge of the Gulf of Aqaba, northwestern Arabia.
The Bible does not say when Zipporah and her sons rejoined Jethro, only that after he heard of what God did for the Israelites, he brought Moses' family to him. The most common translation is that Moses sent her away, but another grammatically permissible translation is that she sent things or persons, perhaps the announcement of the victory ...
Jethro was the first to utter a benediction to God for the wonders performed by Him for the Israelites (Exodus 18:10); such a thing had not been done either by Moses or by any of the Israelites. [15] Jethro knew that God was greater than all the gods (Exodus 18:11), because he had previously worshiped all the idols of the world; [ 16 ] but at ...
Moses consented and went to his father-in-law, Jethro, [79] to obtain permission to leave Midian, [80] for he had promised not to leave Midian without his sanction. Moses departed with his wife and children and met Aaron, [81] who told him it was not right to take them into Egypt since the attempt was being made to lead the Israelites out of ...
The Ten Commandments (illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by the Providence Lithograph Company). Yitro, Yithro, Yisroi, Yisrau, or Yisro (יִתְרוֹ , Hebrew for the name "Jethro," the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah) is the seventeenth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in ...
One of the most recognized Kenites is Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, who was a shepherd and a priest in the land of Midian (Judges 1:16). [3] Certain groups of Kenites settled among the Israelite population, including the descendants of Moses's brother-in-law, [ 1 ] although the Kenites descended from Rechab maintained a distinct, nomadic ...
Articles relating to Jethro, a Kenite shepherd and priest of Midian who is identified as Moses' father-in-law. Pages in category "Jethro (biblical figure)" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Moses Defends Jethro's Daughters by Rosso Fiorentino, c. 1523-1524. ... Most of what is known about Moses from the Bible comes from the books of Exodus, Leviticus, ...