KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
WEB World English Bible
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 God’s mountain, to Horeb.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;
Surrounding context — 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.
2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here [am] I.
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וּמֹשֶׁ֗הH4872 · mo.shehMosesהָיָ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beרֹעֶ֛הH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]צֹ֛אןH6629 · tsonflockיִתְר֥וֹH3503 · yit.roJethroחֹתְנ֖וֹH2859 · cho.tenrelativeכֹּהֵ֣ןH3548 · ko.henpriestמִדְיָ֑ןH4080 · mid.yanMidianוַיִּנְהַ֤גH5090 · na.hagto leadאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַצֹּאן֙H6629 · tsonflockאַחַ֣רH310 · a.charafterהַמִּדְבָּ֔רH4057 · mid.barmouthוַיָּבֹ֛אH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַ֥רH2022 · harmountain: mountהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodחֹרֵֽבָה׃H2722 · cho.revHoreb
Cross-references
1 Kings 19:8And 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.Exodus 17:6Behold, 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 elders of Israel.Psalm 78:70-72He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:Numbers 10:29And 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 good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.Judges 4:11Now 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.Malachi 4:4Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, [with] the statutes and judgments.Exodus 18:1-6When 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;Luke 2:8And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.Amos 7:14-15Then 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:Exodus 19:3And 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;Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.Exodus 24:13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.Deuteronomy 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 the days that they shall live upon the earth, and [that] they may teach their children.Exodus 19:11And 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.Deuteronomy 1:6The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:Exodus 3:5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground.Psalm 106:19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.Matthew 4:18-19And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
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