Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Kept

Psalm 78:70
He chose David also his slave and took him from the sheepfolds,
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the pastors of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Amos 7:14
Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I am not a prophet, neither am I a prophet's son, but I am a herdsman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit:
Matthew 4:18
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers.
Luke 2:8
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

His father

Exodus 2:16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came and drew water to fill the troughs to water their father's sheep.
Exodus 18:1
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done with Moses and with Israel his people and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt,
Numbers 10:29
Then Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it to you. Come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the LORD has spoken good concerning Israel.
Judges 4:11
Now Heber, the Kenite, of the sons of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

The mountain

Exodus 3:5
And he said, Do not come near; take off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place upon which thou dost stand is holy ground.
Exodus 18:5
and Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he was camped next to the mount of God;
Exodus 19:3
And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob and tell the sons of Israel:
Exodus 24:15
Then Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
1 Kings 19:8
And he arose and ate and drank and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb, the mount of God.

General references

Genesis 31:40
By day the drought consumed me, and by night, the frost; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Exodus 2:18
And when they returned unto Reuel, their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today?
Exodus 18:5
and Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he was camped next to the mount of God;
Numbers 10:29
Then Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it to you. Come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the LORD has spoken good concerning Israel.