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.
His father
The mountain
General references
Bible References
Kept
Psalm 78:70
He chose his servant David. He took him from the sheep pens.
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos concerning Israel. He was among the herdsmen of Tekoa in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel. It was two years before the earthquake.
Amos 7:14
Amos told Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son. I was a herdsman, and a grower of sycamore figs.
Matthew 4:18
Jesus walked on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. There he saw Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother. They were fishermen.
Luke 2:8
Shepherds in the same country were in the field keeping watch by night over their flock.
His father
Exodus 2:16
The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Exodus 18:1
Jethro was the priest of Midian and the father-in-law of Moses. He heard what Jehovah God had done for Moses and his people, after rescuing them from Egypt.
Numbers 10:29
Moses said to his brother-in-law Hobab son of Jethro the Midianite: We are about to start out for the place Jehovah said he would give us. He promised to make Israel prosperous, so come with us, and we will share our prosperity with you.
Judges 4:11
Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent at the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
The mountain
Exodus 3:5
God said: Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, because you are standing on holy ground.
Exodus 18:5
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law brought Moses' sons and wife to Moses in the desert. He was camped near the mountain of God.
Exodus 19:3
Jehovah called Moses from the mountain. So Moses went up the mountain to God. Jehovah told him: This is what you must say to the descendants of Jacob. Tell the Israelites:
Exodus 24:15
Moses went up to the mountain. The cloud covered the mountain.
1 Kings 19:8
So he got up and took food and drink. He was strengthened to go for forty days and forty nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.
General references
Genesis 31:40
Many times I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was not able to sleep.
Exodus 2:18
When they returned to Reuel their father, he said, Why have you come back so soon today?
Exodus 18:5
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law brought Moses' sons and wife to Moses in the desert. He was camped near the mountain of God.
Numbers 10:29
Moses said to his brother-in-law Hobab son of Jethro the Midianite: We are about to start out for the place Jehovah said he would give us. He promised to make Israel prosperous, so come with us, and we will share our prosperity with you.