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Exodus 18:5

And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

KJV

Venit ergo Jethro cognatus Moysi, et filii ejus, et uxor ejus ad Moysen in desertum, ubi erat castrametatus juxta montem Dei.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ἰοθὸρ ὁ γαμβρὸς Μωυσῆ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ πρὸς Μωυσῆν εἰς τὴν ἔρημον, οὗ παρενέβαλεν ἐπ’ ὄρους τοῦ θεοῦ.

LXX

And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God:

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֞א יִתְר֨וֹ חֹתֵ֥ן מֹשֶׁ֛ה וּ/בָנָ֥י/ו וְ/אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ אֶל מֹשֶׁ֑ה אֶל הַ/מִּדְבָּ֗ר אֲשֶׁר ה֛וּא חֹנֶ֥ה שָׁ֖ם הַ֥ר הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
verb · 33×
יִתְר֨וֹ
ytrv
proper_noun · 9×
יַּחֲנ֖וּ
ychnv
verb · 143×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 3:1 — Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
  • Exod 3:12 — And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
  • Exod 19:2 — For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.