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Selected Verse: Exodus 18:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 18:12 |
Strong Concordance |
And Jethro [03503], Moses [04872]' father in law [02859], took [03947] a burnt offering [05930] and sacrifices [02077] for God [0430]: and Aaron [0175] came [0935], and all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], to eat [0398] bread [03899] with Moses [04872]' father in law [02859] before [06440] God [0430]. |
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King James |
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Jethro . . . took a burnt offering--This friendly interview was terminated by a solemn religious service--the burnt offerings were consumed on the altar, and the sacrifices were peace offerings, used in a feast of joy and gratitude at which Jethro, as priest of the true God, seems to have presided, and to which the chiefs of Israel were invited. This incident is in beautiful keeping with the character of the parties, and is well worthy of the imitation of Christian friends when they meet in the present day. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| A burnt offering and sacrifices - This verse clearly shows that Jethro was recognized as a priest of the true God, and is of great importance in its bearings upon the relation between the Israelites and their congeners, and upon the state of religion among the descendants of Abraham. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The sacrifices, which Jethro offered to God, were applied to a sacrificial meal, in which Moses joined, as well as Aaron and all the elders. Eating bread before God signified the holding of a sacrificial meal, which was eating before God, because it was celebrated in a holy place of sacrifice, where God was supposed to be present. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And Jethro took a burnt offering for God - And probably offered it himself, for he was a priest in Midian, and a worshipper of the true God, and the priesthood was not yet settled in Israel. And they did eat bread before God - Soberly, thankfully, in the fear of God; and their talk such as became saints. Thus we must eat and drink to the glory of God; as those that believe God's eye is upon us. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Jethro - took a burnt-offering - עלה olah. Though it be true that in the patriarchal times we read of a burnt-offering, (see Gen 22:2, etc)., yet we only read of one in the case of Isaac, and therefore, though this offering made by Jethro is not a decisive proof that the law relative to burnt-offerings, etc., had already been given, yet, taken with other circumstances in this account, it is a presumptive evidence that the meeting between Moses and Jethro took place after the erection of tabernacle. See Clarke's note on Exo 18:5.
Sacrifices for God - זבחים zebachim, slain beasts, as the word generally signifies. We have already seen that sacrifices were instituted by God himself as soon as sin entered into our world; and we see that they were continued and regularly practiced among all the people who had the knowledge of the only true God, from that time until they became a legal establishment. Jethro, who was a priest, (Exo 2:16), had a right to offer these sacrifices; nor can there be a doubt of his being a worshipper of the true God, for those Kenites, from whom the Rechabites came, were descended from him; Ch1 2:55. See also Jeremiah 35.
And Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel to eat bread - The burnt-offering was wholly consumed; every part was considered as the Lord's portion, and therefore it was entirely burnt up. The other sacrifices mentioned here were such that, after the blood had been poured out before God, the officers and assistants might feed on the flesh. Thus, in ancient times, contracts were made and covenants sealed; See Clarke's note on Gen 15:13, etc. It is very likely, therefore, that the sacrifices offered on this occasion, were those on the flesh of which Aaron and the elders of Israel feasted with Jethro.
Before God - Before the tabernacle, where God dwelt; for it is supposed that the tabernacle was now erected. See Clarke's note on Exo 18:5; and see Deu 12:5-7, and Ch1 29:21, Ch1 29:22, where the same form of speech, before the Lord, is used, and plainly refers to his manifested presence in the tabernacle. |
22 And did eat [0398] and drink [08354] before [06440] the LORD [03068] on that day [03117] with great [01419] gladness [08057]. And they made Solomon [08010] the son [01121] of David [01732] king [04427] the second time [08145], and anointed [04886] him unto the LORD [03068] to be the chief governor [05057], and Zadok [06659] to be priest [03548].
21 And they sacrificed [02076] sacrifices [02077] unto the LORD [03068], and offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] unto the LORD [03068], on the morrow [04283] after that day [03117], even a thousand [0505] bullocks [06499], a thousand [0505] rams [0352], and a thousand [0505] lambs [03532], with their drink offerings [05262], and sacrifices [02077] in abundance [07230] for all Israel [03478]:
5 But unto the place [04725] which the LORD [03068] your God [0430] shall choose [0977] out of all your tribes [07626] to put [07760] his name [08034] there, even unto his habitation [07933] shall ye seek [01875], and thither thou shalt come [0935]:
6 And thither ye shall bring [0935] your burnt offerings [05930], and your sacrifices [02077], and your tithes [04643], and heave offerings [08641] of your hand [03027], and your vows [05088], and your freewill offerings [05071], and the firstlings [01062] of your herds [01241] and of your flocks [06629]:
7 And there ye shall eat [0398] before [06440] the LORD [03068] your God [0430], and ye shall rejoice [08055] in all that ye put [04916] your hand [03027] unto, ye and your households [01004], wherein the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath blessed [01288] thee.
5 And Jethro [03503], Moses [04872]' father in law [02859], came [0935] with his sons [01121] and his wife [0802] unto Moses [04872] into the wilderness [04057], where he encamped [02583] at the mount [02022] of God [0430]:
13 And he said [0559] unto Abram [087], Know [03045] of a surety [03045] that thy seed [02233] shall be a stranger [01616] in a land [0776] that is not theirs, and shall serve [05647] them; and they shall afflict [06031] them four [0702] hundred [03967] years [08141];
55 And the families [04940] of the scribes [05608] which dwelt [03427] [03427] at Jabez [03258]; the Tirathites [08654], the Shimeathites [08101], and Suchathites [07756]. These [01992] are the Kenites [07017] that came [0935] of Hemath [02574], the father [01] of the house [01004] of Rechab [07394].
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].
5 And Jethro [03503], Moses [04872]' father in law [02859], came [0935] with his sons [01121] and his wife [0802] unto Moses [04872] into the wilderness [04057], where he encamped [02583] at the mount [02022] of God [0430]:
2 And he said [0559], Take now [03947] thy son [01121], thine only [03173] son Isaac [03327], whom thou lovest [0157], and get thee [03212] into the land [0776] of Moriah [04179]; and offer him [05927] there for a burnt offering [05930] upon one [0259] of the mountains [02022] which I will tell [0559] thee of.