Exodus 3:1

New Living Translation

One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:19

So Elijah went and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing a field. There were twelve teams of oxen in the field, and Elisha was plowing with the twelfth team. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak across his shoulders and then walked away.

1 Kings 19:8

So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God.

Psalm 106:19

The people made a calf at Mount Sinai; they bowed before an image made of gold.

Exodus 17:6

I will stand before you on the rock at Mount Sinai. Strike the rock, and water will come gushing out. Then the people will be able to drink.” So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on.

Exodus 18:12

Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God. Aaron and all the elders of Israel came out and joined him in a sacrificial meal in God’s presence.

Exodus 19:11

Be sure they are ready on the third day, for on that day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai as all the people watch.

Exodus 19:2

After breaking camp at Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and set up camp there at the base of Mount Sinai.

Exodus 19:3

Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God. The Lord called to him from the mountain and said, “Give these instructions to the family of Jacob; announce it to the descendants of Israel:

Exodus 2:16

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father’s flocks.

Exodus 2:18

When the girls returned to Reuel, their father, he asked, “Why are you back so soon today?”

Exodus 2:21

Moses accepted the invitation, and he settled there with him. In time, Reuel gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife.

Exodus 24:13

So Moses and his assistant Joshua set out, and Moses climbed up the mountain of God.

Exodus 3:12

God answered, “I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this very mountain.”

Exodus 3:5

“Do not come any closer,” the Lord warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.

Exodus 33:6

So from the time they left Mount Sinai, the Israelites wore no more jewelry or fine clothes.

Exodus 4:18

So Moses went back home to Jethro, his father-in-law. “Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt,” Moses said. “I don’t even know if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.

Exodus 4:27

Now the Lord had said to Aaron, “Go out into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So Aaron went and met Moses at the mountain of God, and he embraced him.

Amos 1:1

This message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah. He received this message in visions two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, was king of Israel.

Malachi 4:4

“Remember to obey the Law of Moses, my servant—all the decrees and regulations that I gave him on Mount Sinai for all Israel.

Numbers 10:29

One day Moses said to his brother-in-law, Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, “We are on our way to the place the Lord promised us, for he said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised wonderful blessings for Israel!”

Numbers 10:33

They marched for three days after leaving the mountain of the Lord, with the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant moving ahead of them to show them where to stop and rest.

Luke 2:8

That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.

Acts 7:30

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

Deuteronomy 1:2

Normally it takes only eleven days to travel from Mount Sinai to Kadesh-barnea, going by way of Mount Seir.

Deuteronomy 1:6

“When we were at Mount Sinai, the Lord our God said to us, ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

Deuteronomy 4:10

Never forget the day when you stood before the Lord your God at Mount Sinai, where he told me, ‘Summon the people before me, and I will personally instruct them. Then they will learn to fear me as long as they live, and they will teach their children to fear me also.’

Judges 4:11

Now Heber the Kenite, a descendant of Moses’ brother-in-law Hobab, had moved away from the other members of his tribe and pitched his tent by the oak of Zaanannim near Kedesh.

1 Samuel 16:11

Then Samuel asked, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he’s out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.” “Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”