Exodus 18:1-3

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Advice From Moses’ Father-in-Law

18 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, was a priest in Midian. He heard about the many ways that God helped Moses and the Israelites. He heard about the Lord leading the Israelites out of Egypt. ² So Jethro went to Moses while Moses was camped near the mountain of God.^[a] Jethro brought Moses’ wife, Zipporah, with him. (Zipporah was not with Moses, because Moses had sent her home.) ³ Jethro also brought Moses’ two sons with him. The first son was named Gershom,^[b] because when he was born, Moses said, “I am a stranger in a foreign country.”