Exodus 18:1

New Century Version

Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, was the priest of Midian. He heard about everything that God had done for Moses and his people, the Israelites, and how the Lord had led the Israelites out of Egypt.

Cross References

Psalm 105:43

So God brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing.

Psalm 105:5

Remember the miracles he has done; remember his wonders and his decisions.

Psalm 106:2

No one can tell all the mighty things the Lord has done; no one can speak all his praise.

Psalm 34:2

My whole being praises the Lord. The poor will hear and be glad.

Psalm 44:1

God, we have heard about you. Our ancestors told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.

Psalm 78:4

We will not keep them from our children; we will tell those who come later about the praises of the Lord. We will tell about his power and the miracles he has done.

Exodus 2:16

There was a priest in Midian who had seven daughters. His daughters went to that well to get water to fill the water troughs for their father’s flock.

Exodus 2:18

When they went back to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you come home early today?”

Exodus 2:21

Moses agreed to stay with Jethro, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses to be his wife.

Exodus 3:1

One day Moses was taking care of Jethro’s flock. (Jethro was the priest of Midian and also Moses’ father-in-law.) When Moses led the flock to the west side of the desert, he came to Sinai, the mountain of God.

Exodus 4:18

Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, “Let me go back to my people in Egypt. I want to see if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go! I wish you well.”

Exodus 6:6

So tell the people of Israel that I say to them, ‘I am the Lord. I will save you from the hard work the Egyptians force you to do. I will make you free, so you will not be slaves to the Egyptians. I will free you by my great power, and I will punish the Egyptians terribly.

Jeremiah 33:9

Then “Jerusalem” will be to me a name that brings joy! And people from all nations of the earth will praise it when they hear about the good things I am doing there. They will be surprised and shocked at all the good things and the peace I will bring to Jerusalem.’

Zechariah 8:23

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “At that time, ten men from different countries will come and take hold of a Judean by his coat. They will say to him, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’ ”

Numbers 10:29

Hobab was the son of Reuel the Midianite, who was Moses’ father-in-law. Moses said to Hobab, “We are moving to the land the Lord promised to give us. Come with us and we will be good to you, because the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

Acts 14:27

When they arrived in Antioch, Paul and Barnabas gathered the church together. They told the church all about what God had done with them and how God had made it possible for those who were not Jewish to believe.

Acts 15:12

Then the whole group became quiet. They listened to Paul and Barnabas tell about all the miracles and signs that God did through them among the people.

Romans 15:18

I will not talk about anything except what Christ has done through me in leading those who are not Jews to obey God. They have obeyed God because of what I have said and done,

Joshua 2:10

because we have heard how the Lord dried up the Red Sea when you came out of Egypt. We have heard how you destroyed Sihon and Og, two Amorite kings who lived east of the Jordan.

Joshua 9:9

The men answered, “We are your servants who have come from a far country, because we heard of the fame of the Lord your God. We heard about what he has done and everything he did in Egypt.

Judges 1:16

The Kenite people, who were from the family of Moses’ father-in-law, left Jericho, the city of palm trees. They went with the men of Judah to the Desert of Judah to live with them there in southern Judah near the city of Arad.

Judges 4:11

Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law. Heber had put up his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim, near Kedesh.