Exodus 3:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Meanwhile Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock beyond the wilderness, he came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:19

Elijah set out, and came upon Elisha, son of Shaphat, as he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen; he was following the twelfth. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak on him.

1 Kings 19:8

He got up, ate, and drank; then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb.

Psalm 106:19

At Horeb they fashioned a calf, worshiped a metal statue.

Exodus 17:6

I will be standing there in front of you on the rock in Horeb. Strike the rock, and the water will flow from it for the people to drink. Moses did this, in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Exodus 18:12

Then Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to share with Moses’ father-in-law in the meal before God. Appointment of Minor Judges.

Exodus 19:11

and be ready for the third day; for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

Exodus 19:2

After they made the journey from Rephidim and entered the wilderness of Sinai, they then pitched camp in the wilderness. While Israel was encamped there in front of the mountain,

Exodus 19:3

Moses went up to the mountain of God. Then the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying: This is what you will say to the house of Jacob; tell the Israelites:

Exodus 2:16

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Exodus 2:18

When they returned to their father Reuel, he said to them, “How is it you have returned so soon today?”

Exodus 2:21

Moses agreed to stay with him, and the man gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage.

Exodus 24:13

So Moses set out with Joshua, his assistant, and went up to the mountain of God.

Exodus 3:12

God answered: I will be with you; and this will be your sign that I have sent you. When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will serve God at this mountain.

Exodus 3:5

God said: Do not come near! Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

Exodus 33:6

So, from Mount Horeb onward, the Israelites stripped off their ornaments. Moses’ Intimacy with God.

Exodus 4:18

After this Moses returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me return to my kindred in Egypt, to see whether they are still living.” Jethro replied to Moses, “Go in peace.”

Exodus 4:27

The Lord said to Aaron: Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. So he went; when meeting him at the mountain of God, he kissed him.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was one of the sheepbreeders from Tekoa, which he received in a vision concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Numbers 10:29

Moses said to Hobab, son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place concerning which the Lord has said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will be generous toward you, for the Lord has promised prosperity to Israel.”

Numbers 10:33

From the mountain of the Lord they made a journey of three days, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them for the three-day journey to seek out a resting place for them.

Luke 2:8

Now there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock.

Acts 7:30

“Forty years later, an angel appeared to him in the desert near Mount Sinai in the flame of a burning bush.

Deuteronomy 1:2

It is a journey of eleven days from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of the highlands of Seir.

Deuteronomy 1:6

The Lord, our God, said to us at Horeb: You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

Deuteronomy 4:10

that day you stood before the Lord, your God, at Horeb, when the Lord said to me: Assemble the people for me, that I may let them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me as long as they live in the land and may so teach their children.

Judges 4:11

Now Heber the Kenite had detached himself from Cain, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law, and had pitched his tent by the terebinth of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.

1 Samuel 16:11

Then Samuel asked Jesse, “Are these all the sons you have?” Jesse replied, “There is still the youngest, but he is tending the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send for him; we will not sit down to eat until he arrives here.”