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Ex 18:1 Strong Concordance When Jethro [03503], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080], Moses [04872]' father in law [02859], heard [08085] of all that God [0430] had done [06213] for Moses [04872], and for Israel [03478] his people [05971], and that the LORD [03068] had brought [03318] Israel [03478] out of Egypt [04714];
  King James 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;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
VISIT OF JETHRO. (Exo. 18:1-27)

Jethro . . . came . . . unto Moses, &c.--It is thought by many eminent commentators that this episode is inserted out of its chronological order, for it is described as occurring when the Israelites were "encamped at the mount of God." And yet they did not reach it till the third month after their departure from Egypt (Exo 19:1-2; compare Deu 1:6, Deu 1:9-15).
 
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9 And I spake [0559] unto you at that time [06256], saying [0559], I am not able [03201] to bear [05375] you myself alone [0905]:
10 The LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath multiplied [07235] you, and, behold, ye are this day [03117] as the stars [03556] of heaven [08064] for multitude [07230].
11 (The LORD [03068] God [0430] of your fathers [01] make you a thousand [0505] times [06471] so many more as [03254] ye are, and bless [01288] you, as he hath promised [01696] you!)
12 How [0349] can I myself alone bear [05375] your cumbrance [02960], and your burden [04853], and your strife [07379]?
13 Take [03051] you wise [02450] men [0582], and understanding [0995], and known [03045] among your tribes [07626], and I will make [07760] them rulers [07218] over you.
14 And ye answered [06030] me, and said [0559], The thing [01697] which thou hast spoken [01696] is good [02896] for us to do [06213].
15 So I took [03947] the chief [07218] of your tribes [07626], wise [02450] men [0582], and known [03045], and made [05414] them heads [07218] over you, captains [08269] over thousands [0505], and captains [08269] over hundreds [03967], and captains [08269] over fifties [02572], and captains [08269] over tens [06235], and officers [07860] among your tribes [07626].
6 The LORD [03068] our God [0430] spake [01696] unto us in Horeb [02722], saying [0559], Ye have dwelt [03427] long enough [07227] in this mount [02022]:
1 In the third [07992] month [02320], when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were gone forth [03318] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], the same day [03117] came [0935] they into the wilderness [04057] of Sinai [05514].
2 For they were departed [05265] from Rephidim [07508], and were come [0935] to the desert [04057] of Sinai [05514], and had pitched [02583] in the wilderness [04057]; and there Israel [03478] camped [02583] before the mount [02022].
26 So he let him go [07503]: then she said [0559], A bloody [01818] husband [02860] thou art, because of the circumcision [04139].
1 Now Moses [04872] kept [01961] [07462] the flock [06629] of Jethro [03503] his father in law [02859], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080]: and he led [05090] the flock [06629] to the backside [0310] of the desert [04057], and came [0935] to the mountain [02022] of God [0430], even to Horeb [02722].
1 Now Moses [04872] kept [01961] [07462] the flock [06629] of Jethro [03503] his father in law [02859], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080]: and he led [05090] the flock [06629] to the backside [0310] of the desert [04057], and came [0935] to the mountain [02022] of God [0430], even to Horeb [02722].
1 In the third [07992] month [02320], when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were gone forth [03318] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], the same day [03117] came [0935] they into the wilderness [04057] of Sinai [05514].
13 And it came to pass on the morrow [04283], that Moses [04872] sat [03427] to judge [08199] the people [05971]: and the people [05971] stood [05975] by Moses [04872] from the morning [01242] unto the evening [06153].
13 And it came to pass on the morrow [04283], that Moses [04872] sat [03427] to judge [08199] the people [05971]: and the people [05971] stood [05975] by Moses [04872] from the morning [01242] unto the evening [06153].
12 And he said [0559], Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token [0226] unto thee, that [03588] I have sent [07971] thee: When thou hast brought forth [03318] the people [05971] out of Egypt [04714], ye shall serve [05647] God [0430] upon this mountain [02022].
1 When Jethro [03503], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080], Moses [04872]' father in law [02859], heard [08085] of all that God [0430] had done [06213] for Moses [04872], and for Israel [03478] his people [05971], and that the LORD [03068] had brought [03318] Israel [03478] out of Egypt [04714];
1 And all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] journeyed [05265] from the wilderness [04057] of Sin [05512], after their journeys [04550], according to the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], and pitched [02583] in Rephidim [07508]: and there was no water [04325] for the people [05971] to drink [08354].
1 Now Moses [04872] kept [01961] [07462] the flock [06629] of Jethro [03503] his father in law [02859], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080]: and he led [05090] the flock [06629] to the backside [0310] of the desert [04057], and came [0935] to the mountain [02022] of God [0430], even to Horeb [02722].
26 So he let him go [07503]: then she said [0559], A bloody [01818] husband [02860] thou art, because of the circumcision [04139].
2 Then Jethro [03503], Moses [04872]' father in law [02859], took [03947] Zipporah [06855], Moses [04872]' wife [0802], after [0310] he had sent her back [07964],
21 And Moses [04872] was content [02974] to dwell [03427] with the man [0376]: and he gave [05414] Moses [04872] Zipporah [06855] his daughter [01323].
22 And she bare [03205] him a son [01121], and he called [07121] his name [08034] Gershom [01647]: for he said [0559], I have been a stranger [01616] in a strange [05237] land [0776].
18 And when they came [0935] to Reuel [07467] their father [01], he said [0559], How [04069] is it that ye are come [0935] so soon [04116] to day [03117]?
25 Then Zipporah [06855] took [03947] a sharp stone [06864], and cut off [03772] the foreskin [06190] of her son [01121], and cast [05060] it at his feet [07272], and said [0559], Surely a bloody [01818] husband [02860] art thou to me.
1 Now Moses [04872] kept [01961] [07462] the flock [06629] of Jethro [03503] his father in law [02859], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080]: and he led [05090] the flock [06629] to the backside [0310] of the desert [04057], and came [0935] to the mountain [02022] of God [0430], even to Horeb [02722].
24 And it came to pass by the way [01870] in the inn [04411], that the LORD [03068] met [06298] him, and sought [01245] to kill [04191] him.
20 And Moses [04872] took [03947] his wife [0802] and his sons [01121], and set [07392] them upon an ass [02543], and he returned [07725] to the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]: and Moses [04872] took [03947] the rod [04294] of God [0430] in his hand [03027].
1 Now Moses [04872] kept [01961] [07462] the flock [06629] of Jethro [03503] his father in law [02859], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080]: and he led [05090] the flock [06629] to the backside [0310] of the desert [04057], and came [0935] to the mountain [02022] of God [0430], even to Horeb [02722].
18 And when they came [0935] to Reuel [07467] their father [01], he said [0559], How [04069] is it that ye are come [0935] so soon [04116] to day [03117]?
16 Now the priest [03548] of Midian [04080] had seven [07651] daughters [01323]: and they came [0935] and drew [01802] water, and filled [04390] the troughs [07298] to water [08248] their father's [01] flock [06629].
15 Now when Pharaoh [06547] heard [08085] this thing [01697], he sought [01245] to slay [02026] Moses [04872]. But Moses [04872] fled [01272] from the face [06440] of Pharaoh [06547], and dwelt [03427] in the land [0776] of Midian [04080]: and he sat down [03427] by a well [0875].