Exodus 18:12

New Century Version

Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, gave a whole burnt offering and other sacrifices to God. Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to Moses’ father-in-law to eat the holy meal together before God.

Cross References

Genesis 12:7

The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 26:25

So Isaac built an altar and worshiped the Lord there. He also made a camp there, and his servants dug a well.

Genesis 26:30

So Isaac prepared food for them, and they all ate and drank.

Genesis 31:54

Then Jacob killed an animal and offered it as a sacrifice on the mountain, and he invited his relatives to share in the meal. After they finished eating, they spent the night on the mountain.

Genesis 4:4

Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,

Genesis 43:25

The men prepared their gift to give to Joseph when he arrived at noon, because they had heard they were going to eat with him there.

Genesis 8:20

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. He took some of all the clean birds and animals, and he burned them on the altar as offerings to God.

2 Samuel 9:7

David said to him, “Don’t be afraid. I will be kind to you for your father Jonathan’s sake. I will give you back all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”

2 Chronicles 30:22

Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who showed they understood well how to do their service for the Lord. The people ate the feast for seven days, offered fellowship offerings, and praised the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Job 1:5

After a feast was over, Job would send and have them made clean. Early in the morning Job would offer a burnt offering for each of them, because he thought, “My children may have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this every time.

Job 42:11

Job’s brothers and sisters came to his house, along with everyone who had known him before, and they all ate with him there. They comforted him and made him feel better about the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave Job a piece of silver and a gold ring.

Job 42:8

Now take seven bulls and seven male sheep, and go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will listen to his prayer. Then I will not punish you for being foolish. You have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job did.”

Exodus 18:13

The next day Moses solved disagreements among the people, and the people stood around him from morning until night.

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 2:20

He asked his daughters, “Where is this man? Why did you leave him? Invite him to eat with us.”

Exodus 20:24

“Make an altar of dirt for me, and sacrifice on it your whole burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and your cattle. Worship me in every place that I choose, and I will come and bless you.

Exodus 24:11

These leaders of the Israelites saw God, but God did not destroy them. Then they ate and drank together.

Exodus 24:5

Then Moses sent young Israelite men to offer whole burnt offerings and to sacrifice young bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord.

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 33:7

Moses used to take a tent and set it up a long way outside the camp; he called it the “Meeting Tent.” Anyone who wanted to ask the Lord about something would go to the Meeting Tent outside the camp.

Daniel 10:3

I did not eat any fancy food or meat, or drink any wine, or use any perfumed oil for three weeks.

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.”

Luke 14:1

On a Sabbath day, when Jesus went to eat at the home of a leading Pharisee, the people were watching Jesus very closely.

Luke 14:15

One of those at the table with Jesus heard these things and said to him, “Blessed are the people who will share in the meal in God’s kingdom.”

1 Corinthians 10:18

Think about the Israelites: Do not those who eat the sacrifices share in the altar?

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons also. You cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons.

1 Corinthians 10:31

The answer is, if you eat or drink, or if you do anything, do it all for the glory of God.

Deuteronomy 12:7

There you will be together with the Lord your God. There you and your families will eat, and you will enjoy all the good things for which you have worked, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 27:7

and offer fellowship offerings there, and eat them and rejoice before the Lord your God.