Exodus 3:1

¶ 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.

Now Moses {H4872} kept {H1961}{H7462} the flock {H6629} of Jethro {H3503} his father in law {H2859}, the priest {H3548} of Midian {H4080}: and he led {H5090} the flock {H6629} to the backside {H310} of the desert {H4057}, and came {H935} to the mountain {H2022} of God {H430}, even to Horeb {H2722}.

Now Moshe was tending the sheep of Yitro his father-in-law, the priest of Midyan. Leading the flock to the far side of the desert, he came to the mountain of God, to Horev.

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 19:8 (9 votes)

    And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

  • Exodus 17:6 (7 votes)

    Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

  • Psalms 78:70 (6 votes)

    He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

  • Psalms 78:72 (6 votes)

    So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

  • Numbers 10:29 (5 votes)

    ¶ And 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 you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

  • Exodus 18:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ 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 18:6 (4 votes)

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