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Ex 3:1 Strong Concordance 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].
  King James 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.

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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]
DIVINE APPEARANCE AND COMMISSION TO MOSES. (Exo. 3:1-22)

Now Moses kept the flock--This employment he had entered on in furtherance of his matrimonial views (see on Exo 2:21), but it is probable he was continuing his service now on other terms like Jacob during the latter years of his stay with Laban (Gen 30:28).

he led the flock to the backside of the desert--that is, on the west of the desert [GESENIUS], assuming Jethro's headquarters to have been at Dahab. The route by which Moses led his flock must have been west through the wide valley called by the Arabs, Wady-es-Zugherah [ROBINSON], which led into the interior of the wilderness.

Mountain of God--so named either according to Hebrew idiom from its great height, as "great mountains," Hebrew, "mountains of God" (Psa 36:6); "goodly cedars," Hebrew, "cedars of God" (Psa 80:10); or some think from its being the old abode of "the glory"; or finally from its being the theater of transactions most memorable in the history of the true religion to Horeb--rather, "Horeb-ward."

Horeb--that is, "dry," "desert," was the general name for the mountainous district in which Sinai is situated, and of which it is a part. (See on Exo 19:2). It was used to designate the region comprehending that immense range of lofty, desolate, and barren hills, at the base of which, however, there are not only many patches of verdure to be seen, but almost all the valleys, or wadys, as they are called, show a thin coating of vegetation, which, towards the south, becomes more luxuriant. The Arab shepherds seldom take their flocks to a greater distance than one day's journey from their camp. Moses must have gone at least two days' journey, and although he seems to have been only following his pastoral course, that region, from its numerous springs in the clefts of the rocks being the chief resort of the tribes during the summer heats, the Providence of God led him thither for an important purpose.
 
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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].
10 The hills [02022] were covered [03680] with the shadow [06738] of it, and the boughs [06057] thereof were like the goodly [0410] cedars [0730].
6 Thy righteousness [06666] is like the great [0410] mountains [02042]; thy judgments [04941] are a great [07227] deep [08415]: O LORD [03068], thou preservest [03467] man [0120] and beast [0929].
28 And he said [0559], Appoint [05344] me thy wages [07939], and I will give [05414] it.
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].
5 And Pharaoh [06547] said [0559], Behold, the people [05971] of the land [0776] now are many [07227], and ye make them rest [07673] from their burdens [05450].
23 And it came to pass in process [01992] [07227] of time [03117], that the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] died [04191]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] sighed [0584] by reason of [04480] the bondage [05656], and they cried [02199], and their cry [07775] came up [05927] unto God [0430] by reason of the bondage [05656].
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].
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].
30 And he said [0559] unto him, I will not go [03212]; but I will depart [03212] to mine own land [0776], and to my kindred [04138].
27 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] to Aaron [0175], Go [03212] into the wilderness [04057] to meet [07125] Moses [04872]. And he went [03212], and met [06298] him in the mount [02022] of God [0430], and kissed [05401] him.
12 Else if ye do in any wise [07725] go back [07725], and cleave [01692] unto the remnant [03499] of these nations [01471], even these that remain [07604] among you, and shall make marriages [02859] with them, and go in [0935] unto them, and they to you:
3 Neither shalt thou make marriages [02859] with them; thy daughter [01323] thou shalt not give [05414] unto his son [01121], nor his daughter [01323] shalt thou take [03947] unto thy son [01121].
9 And make ye marriages [02859] with us, and give [05414] your daughters [01323] unto us, and take [03947] our daughters [01323] unto you.
14 And Lot [03876] went out [03318], and spake [01696] unto his sons in law [02860], which married [03947] his daughters [01323], and said [0559], Up [06965], get you out [03318] of this place [04725]; for the LORD [03068] will destroy [07843] this city [05892]. But he seemed as one that mocked [06711] unto [05869] his sons in law [02860].
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]?