Exodus 18:1

_WHEN JETHRO, THE PRIEST OF MIDIAN, MOSES' FATHER IN LAW, HEARD OF ALL THAT GOD HAD DONE FOR MOSES, AND FOR ISRAEL HIS PEOPLE, AND THAT THE LORD HAD BROUGHT ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT;_ Jethro ... came ... unto Moses ... It is thought by many eminent commentators that this episode is inserted out of its chronological order, because it is described as occurring when the Israelites were "encamped at the mount of God." And yet they did not reach it until the third month after their departure from Egypt (Exodus 19:1: cf. Deuteronomy 1:6; Deuteronomy 1:9). Besides, there is internal evidence that this visit took place a considerable time after at Sinai, not only from the fact that the social organization suggested

1._When Jethro, the priest of Midian. _This chapter consists of two parts. First of all, the arrival of Jethro in the camp is related, and his congratulation of Moses on account of the prosperity of his enterprise, together with the praise and sacrifice rendered to God. Secondly, his proposed form of government for the people is set forth, in consequence of which judges and rulers were chosen, lest Moses should sink under his heavy task. The greater number of commentators think that Zipporah, having been enraged on account of her son’s circumcision, had turned back on their journey, and gone to live with her father; but to me this does not seem probable. For Moses would never have allowed his sons to be deprived of the redemption of which he was the minister; nor would it have been consistent that they should afterwards be appointed priests, of whom God was not the Redeemer. Besides, if...

1-6 Jethro came to rejoice with Moses in the happiness of Israel, and to bring his wife and children to him. Moses must have his family with him, that while he ruled the church of God, he might set a good example in family government, 1 Timothy 3:5....

CHAPTER XVIII Jethro, _called the father-in-law of Moses, hearing of the_ _deliverance which God had granted to Israel_, 1, _took Zipporah and her two sons, Gershom and Eliezer, and brought_ _them to Moses, when the Israelites were encamped near Horeb_, 2-5. _He sends to Moses, announcing his arrival_, 6. _Moses goes out to meet him_, 7, _and gives him a history of God's dealings with the Israelites_, 8. _Jethro greatly rejoices, and makes striking observations on the_ _power and goodness of God_, 9-11. He offers burnt-offerings

Jethro was, in all probability, the “brother-in-law” of Moses Exodus 3:1. On the parting from Zipporah, see Exodus 4:26....

JETHRO'S VISIT TO MOSES. EXPOSITION JETHRO'S VISIT TO MOSES. It has been noticed, in the comment on Exodus 4:1; that shortly after the circumcision of Eliezer, Moses' second son, he sent back his wife, Zipporah, to her own kinsfolk, the Midianites, together with her two sons, Eliezer and Gershom. Reuel, Zipporah's father, was then dead (Exodus and had been succeeded in his priesthood and headship of the tribe by Jethro, probably his son, and therefore the brother-in-law, and not the father-in-law, of Moses. (The Hebrew word used, as already observed, has both meanings.) Jethro gave protection to his sister and her children until he heard of the passage of the Red Sea, when he set forth to meet and congratulate his kinsman, and to convey back

WHEN JETHRO THE PRIEST OF MIDIAN, MOSES'S FATHER-IN-LAW,.... The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan call him the prince of Midian, and so the word e is rendered in some versions; whose daughter Moses had married, and so was his father-in-law, of which see more in Exodus 2:16. HEARD OF ALL THAT GOD HAD DONE FOR MOSES, AND FOR ISRAEL HIS PEOPLE; the miracles he had wrought for them in Egypt, the dividing of the Red sea to make a way for them, the destruction of the Egyptians, providing them with bread and water in such a miraculous manner in the wilderness, and giving them victory over Amalek, and appearing always at the head of them in a pillar of cloud and fire: [AND] THAT THE LORD HAD BROUGHT ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT: which was the greatest blessing of all, and for the sake of which so many wonderful things had been done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians. And now Midi

CHAPTER 18 MOSES AND JETHRO _ 1. The coming of Jethro (Exodus 18:1)_ 2. Moses' and Jethro's communion (Exodus 18:6) 3. Jethro's advice (Exodus 18:13) 4. Moses' action (Exodus 18:24) This chapter concludes the first section of the second part of Exodus. We have in it a beautiful dispensational foreshadowing of things to come. God had redeemed Israel, delivered them from Pharaoh's host, manifested His power and had given them victory. The priest of Midian, a Gentile, now comes, having heard all that Jehovah had done for Moses and for Israel, his people. Zipporah, Moses' wife, and his two sons are with

JETHRO AS PRIEST. Exodus 18:1 a (Midian) J, Exodus 18:1 b E, Exodus 18:1 c (supply heard) J, Exodus 18:2 Rje, Exodus 18:5 E, Exodus 18:6 a(b) - Exodus 18:7 J, Exodus 18:8 ab (was) E, Exodus 18:8 c -...

WHEN. This chapter is _a parenthesis_ (App-6). Introduced here because Jethro, though he lived among the Amalekites, yet was not under their CURSE (Exodus 17:14 Exodus 17:6). The event occurred between Exodus 18:10 and Exodus 18:11 of Numbers 10. Jethro's counsel was given, and taken, when Israel was ready to depart from Sinai (Deuteronomy 1:7). JETHRO. Compare Exodus 3:1