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Exodus 18:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Exodus 18:2

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1 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;

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

3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

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Related Verses

Exodus 2:21

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"And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter."

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Exodus 18:24

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"So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said."

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Acts 7:29

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"Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons."

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Exodus 4:25-26

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"Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband"

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Exodus 4:18

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"And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace."

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Exodus 3:1

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"Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb."

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Exodus 18:1

"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;"

Exodus 18:3

"And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:"

Exodus 18:4

"And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:"

Exodus 18:5

"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:"

Exodus 18:6

"And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons"

Exodus 18:7

"And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent."
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