Exodus 18:12

Easy To Read Version

Jethro got some sacrifices [122] and offerings to honor God. Then Aaron and all the elders (leaders) of Israel came to eat with Moses’ father-in-law Jethro. They all ate together there with God.

Cross References

Genesis 12:7

The Lord appeared [72] to Abram. The Lord said, “I will give this land to your descendants.”

Genesis 26:25

So Isaac built an altar and worshiped the Lord in that place. Isaac set up camp there and his servants dug a well.

Genesis 26:30

So Isaac gave a party for them. They all ate and drank.

Genesis 31:54

Then Jacob killed an animal and offered it as a sacrifice [188] on the mountain. And he invited his men to come and share a meal. After they finished eating, they spent the night on the mountain.

Genesis 43:25

The brothers heard that they were going to eat with Joseph. So they worked until noon preparing their gifts for him.

Genesis 8:20

Then Noah built an altar [55] to the Lord. Noah took some of all the clean birds and some of all the clean animals, [56] and Noah burned them on the altar as a gift to God.

2 Samuel 9:7

David said to Mephibosheth, “Don’t be afraid. I will be kind to you. I will do this because of your father Jonathan. I will give back to you all of the land of your grandfather Saul. And you will always be able to eat at my table.”

2 Chronicles 30:22

King Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites that understood very well how to do the service of the Lord. The people celebrated the Festival for seven days and offered fellowship offerings. They gave thanks and praise to the Lord God of their ancestors. {\cf2\super [375]}

Job 1:5

Job got up early in the morning after his children had a party. He offered a burnt offering for each of his children. He thought, “Maybe my children were careless and sinned against God at their party.” Job always did this so his children would be forgiven of their sins.

Job 42:11

Then all of Job’s brothers and sisters and all of the people that knew Job before came to his house. They all ate a big meal with Job. They comforted Job. They were sorry that the Lord had brought so much trouble to Job. Each person gave Job a piece of silver {\cf2\super [108]} and a gold ring.

Job 42:8

So now Eliphaz, get seven bulls and seven rams. Take them to my servant Job. Kill them and offer them as a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will answer his prayer. Then I won’t give you the punishment that you deserve. You should be punished because you were very foolish. You didn’t say right things about me. But my servant Job said right things about me.”

Exodus 18:13

The next day, Moses had the special job of judging the people. {There were very many people,} so the people had to stand before Moses all day.

Exodus 2:16

There was a priest in Midian who had seven daughters. Those girls came to that well to get water for their father’s sheep. They were trying to fill the water trough with water.

Exodus 2:20

So Reuel said to his daughters, “Where is this man? Why did you leave him? Go invite him to eat with us.”

Exodus 20:24

“Make a special altar [130] for me. Use dirt to make this altar. Offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on this altar as a sacrifice [131] to me. Use your sheep and your cattle to do this. Do this in every place where I tell you to remember me. Then I will come and bless you.

Exodus 24:11

All the leaders of Israel saw God, but God did not destroy them. [159] They all ate and drank together.

Exodus 24:5

Then Moses sent young men of Israel to offer sacrifices. [156] These men offered bulls to the Lord as burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.

Exodus 3:1

Moses’ father-in-law was named Jethro. [15] Jethro was a priest of Midian. Moses took care of Jethro’s sheep. One day, Moses led the sheep to the west side of the desert. Moses went to a mountain called Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.

Exodus 33:7

Moses used to take a tent a short way outside the camp. Moses called it “the meeting tent. [333] ” Any person who wanted to ask something from the Lord would go to the meeting tent outside the camp.

Daniel 10:3

During those three weeks, I didn’t eat any fancy food. I didn’t eat any meat. I didn’t drink any wine. I didn’t put any oil on my head. I didn’t do any of these things for three weeks.

Numbers 10:29

Hobab was the son of Reuel, the Midianite. (Reuel was Moses’ father-in-law.) Moses said to Hobab, “We are traveling to the land that God promised to give to us. Come with us and we will be good to you. The Lord has promised good things to the people of Israel.”

Luke 14:1

On a Sabbath day, {\cf2\super [252]} Jesus went to the home of a leading Pharisee {\cf2\super [253]} to eat with him. The people there were all watching Jesus very closely.

Luke 14:15

One of the men sitting at the table with Jesus heard these things. The man said to Jesus, “What a great blessing it will be for a person to eat a meal in God’s kingdom!”

1 Corinthians 10:18

And think about what happens when the people of Israel (the Jews) offer sacrifices. {\cf2\super [71]} When they eat the meat that is sacrificed, they are sharing their meal with \{God at\} the altar, {\cf2\super [72]} aren’t they?

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and then go drink a cup with demons. You cannot share \{a meal at\} the Lord’s table and then go share a meal with demons.

Deuteronomy 12:7

You and your families will eat together at that place, and the Lord your God will be there with you. At that place, you will enjoy sharing the things you worked for. You will remember that the Lord your God blessed you and gave you those good things.

Deuteronomy 27:7

And you must sacrifice and eat fellowship offerings there. Eat and enjoy yourselves there together with the Lord your God.