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Exodus 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.

KJV

Moyses autem pascebat oves Jethro soceri sui sacerdotis Madian : cumque minasset gregem ad interiora deserti, venit ad montem Dei Horeb.

Vulgate

Καὶ Μωυσῆς ἦν ποιμαίνων τὰ πρόβατα Ἰοθὸρ τοῦ γαμβροῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἱερέως Μαδιάμ, καὶ ἤγαγεν τὰ πρόβατα ὑπὸ τὴν ἔρημον καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος Χωρήβ.

LXX

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.

ASV

וּ/מֹשֶׁ֗ה הָיָ֥ה רֹעֶ֛ה אֶת צֹ֛אן יִתְר֥וֹ חֹתְנ֖/וֹ כֹּהֵ֣ן מִדְיָ֑ן וַ/יִּנְהַ֤ג אֶת הַ/צֹּאן֙ אַחַ֣ר הַ/מִּדְבָּ֔ר וַ/יָּבֹ֛א אֶל הַ֥ר הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים חֹרֵֽבָ/ה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People MidianMosesJethro
Places Mount SinaiMidian

In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
verb · 33×
חֹרֵ֑ב
chrb
proper_noun · 15×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִתְר֨וֹ
ytrv
proper_noun · 9×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
מִדְיָ֖ן
mdyn
proper_noun · 59×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
נֹהֲגִ֖ים
nhgym
verb · 30×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×
רֹעִ֔ים
r'ym
verb · 164×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

§2575Here again the initiative is God's. From the midst of the burning bush he calls Moses.20 This event will remain one of the primordial images of prayer in the spiritual tradition of Jews and Christians alike. When "the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob" calls Moses to be his servant, it is because he is the living God who wants men to live. God reveals himself in order to s…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210230.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Covers Jacob and Esau, Joseph's rise in Egypt, the famine, Jacob's family settling in Goshen, the enslavement of Israel, the birth and early life of Moses, the ten plagues, and the Exodus from Egypt including the crossing of the Red Sea.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 17:7 — Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel
  • 1Kgs 19:8 — And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
  • 1Kgs 19:8 — And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
  • Acts 7:30 — And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
  • Amos 7:14 — Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
  • Deut 1:6 — The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
  • Deut 1:6 — The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
  • Deut 4:10 — Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all
  • Exod 2:16 — Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
  • Exod 2:16 — Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
  • Exod 2:18 — And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
  • Exod 3:5 — And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
  • Exod 4:18 — And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said t
  • Exod 4:27 — And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
  • Exod 17:6 — Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elde
  • Exod 17:6 — Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elde
  • Exod 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;
  • Exod 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;
  • Exod 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:
  • 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.
  • Exod 19:3 — And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
  • Exod 19:11 — And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
  • Exod 24:13 — And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
  • Exod 24:13 — And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
  • Gen 31:40 — Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
  • Heb 1:1 — God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
  • Judg 4:11 — Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
  • Judg 4:11 — Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
  • Luke 2:8 — And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
  • Mal 4:4 — Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
  • Num 10:29 — And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee go
  • Num 10:29 — And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee go
  • Num 10:33 — And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.
  • Ps 78:70 — He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: