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The Ten Commandments (illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by the Providence Lithograph Company). Yitro, Yithro, Yisroi, Yisrau, or Yisro (יִתְרוֹ , Hebrew for the name "Jethro," the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah) is the seventeenth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in ...
Jethro and Moses (watercolor circa 1900 by James Tissot) Jethro is called a priest of Midian and became father-in-law of Moses after he gave his daughter, Zipporah, in marriage to Moses. He is introduced in Exodus 2:18. Jethro is recorded as living in Midian, a territory stretching along the eastern edge of the Gulf of Aqaba, northwestern Arabia.
Moses consented and went to his father-in-law, Jethro, [79] to obtain permission to leave Midian, [80] for he had promised not to leave Midian without his sanction. Moses departed with his wife and children and met Aaron , [ 81 ] who told him it was not right to take them into Egypt since the attempt was being made to lead the Israelites out of ...
Jethro was the first to utter a benediction to God for the wonders performed by Him for the Israelites (Exodus 18:10); such a thing had not been done either by Moses or by any of the Israelites. [15] Jethro knew that God was greater than all the gods (Exodus 18:11), because he had previously worshiped all the idols of the world; [ 16 ] but at ...
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Jethro advises Moses to establish a system of courts to relieve Moses of the crushing burden of judging all disputes. PEOPLE: Jethro - Moses - יהוה YHVH God - children of Israel - Zipporah - Gershom - Eliezer - Aaron. PLACES: Midian - Egypt. RELATED ARTICLES: Yitro (parsha) - Pharaoh - Ancient Egypt
Bull Run Festival of Lights in Centreville, VA. Get ready to light up your holidays with this 2.5-mile drive-through extravaganza! Take a ride bursting with festive scenes, glowing characters, and ...