Exodus 18:1 Themes and Topics

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. Moses sent his wife Zipporah and her two sons to stay with Jethro. Jethro welcomed them. Moses was still a foreigner in Midian when his first son was born. Moses said: I will name him Gershom. read more.
When his second son was born, Moses said: I will name him Eliezer, because the God my father worshiped has saved me from the king of Egypt. Jethro, Moses' father-in-law brought Moses' sons and wife to Moses in the desert. He was camped near the mountain of God. Jethro sent word to Moses: I am coming to visit you. I am bringing your wife and her two sons.

Joshua spoke to the priests: Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and pass over before the people. So they took the Ark of the Covenant and went before the people. Verse Concepts

King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High. Verse Concepts

Moses sent young men to burn sacrifices to Jehovah. They sacrificed some cattle as peace offerings. Verse Concepts

The priests entered Jehovah's temple to make it clean. They carried into the courtyard every unclean thing that they found in Jehovah's Temple. Then the Levites took the unclean items outside the city to the Kidron Brook.

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. Verse Concepts

The priests and Levites in every region of Israel aligned with Rehoboam.

So the Moabites said to the leaders of Midian: All those people will eventually eat up everything around us the same way cattle eat up the grass in a field. At that time Balak, son of Zippor, was king of Moab. Verse Concepts

Midian was defeated by the Israelites and was no longer a threat. The land was at peace for forty years, until Gideon died. Verse Concepts

She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

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. Verse Concepts

Moses said to the people: Your men must get ready to go to war against the Midianites. Jehovah will use them to get even with Midian. Verse Concepts

Again the people of Israel sinned against Jehovah. Therefore he let the people of Midian rule them for seven years. Verse Concepts

Gideon sent the Israelites home, except the three hundred. They kept all the supplies and trumpets. The Midianite camp was below them in the valley. Verse Concepts

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. Moses sent his wife Zipporah and her two sons to stay with Jethro. Jethro welcomed them. Moses was still a foreigner in Midian when his first son was born. Moses said: I will name him Gershom. read more.
When his second son was born, Moses said: I will name him Eliezer, because the God my father worshiped has saved me from the king of Egypt. Jethro, Moses' father-in-law brought Moses' sons and wife to Moses in the desert. He was camped near the mountain of God. Jethro sent word to Moses: I am coming to visit you. I am bringing your wife and her two sons. Moses went out to meet his father-in-law. Moses bowed with his face touching the ground and kissed Jethro. They asked each other how they were. Then they entered the tent. Moses told his father-in-law everything Jehovah had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel. He talked about all the hardships they had on the way, and how Jehovah saved them. Jethro rejoiced over all the goodness Jehovah had done to Israel, in delivering them from the hand of the Egyptians. Jethro said: Blessed be Jehovah who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh. He delivered the people from under the domination of the Egyptians. Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all the other gods. It was proven when they treated the people with contempt. Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses' father-in-law before God.