Their names are understood as more likely to be Semitic than Egyptian. After much study, I believe that Reuel and Jethro are the same person. Shifra and Puah disobey the Royal decree, because , the text tells us, they feared/revered God. Midian = 'strife' ( ref: WebBible Encycl) 7 daughters = the spiritual energies which overcome the lower aspects us. http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/jethro.htm.]). Through them and through others like them we see that God is not just ours, but is a universal God with whom we Jews have a particular relationship (as other have a particular, and different relationship). Later Jethro received report of Jehovahs great victory over the Egyptians, and at once he came to Moses at Horeb, bringing along Zipporah and Moses two sons; it was indeed a very warm reunion. Jethros son Hobab was requested by Moses to be a scout. Moses and Zipporah had a second son in Midian. Jethro rejoiced at all the goodness that the Lord had shown to Israel. Moses is born, and placed in a basket in the reeds of Nile. The first is that Reuel is simply another name for Jethro, much like Jacob also being named Israel (both of which were used interchangeably). . For more information on how the Bible has been preserved I recommend reading the Institute for Religious Research's article called "Is Today's Bible the Real Bible?". Mr. Burdow is the father of Travis Burdow, who killed Jethro's sister Mary. A few minutes after Matt leaves, Ellen hears a noise and goes outside. The biblical Jethro was a Midianite priest and father of Zipporah, the lady who married Moses, the great lawgiver and deliverer of Israel from Egyptian bondage. After working fourteen years for Laban as a sheepherder, Jacob established his own home and engaged in semi-nomadic herding. . Their names are Ephorah (older), Ajolidoforah (middle), and Jethrodiadah (youngest). Moses Defends Jethro's Daughters is an oil on canvas painting attributed to Italian artist Rosso Fiorentino, created c. 1523-1524, now held in the Uffizi in Florence, which acquired it in 1632. The great medieval Jewish commentator Rashi, however, says that despite Jethros happiness for the Israelites, he felt prickles of unease over the fate of the Egyptians. Shifra and Puah, two brave women who stood up against the powers in their country, who saw human beings where the Pharaoh saw a population of migrants threatening his country, who revered God and acted both morally and with compassion, remind us that we are not alone as Jews. Targ. In Islam he is mentioned in the Quran as a prophet who was sent to the city of Midian. Zondervan, 1992. He did not forget the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 25and because he knew what was happening to his people, he felt sorry for them. Bodelian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 2708, Folio 39VA good man? 10Now go to the king! From everything else we know about Miriam and Yocheved, they were not rewarded materially, nor did they become the heads of households. 11), and "Putiel"; Eleazar's father-in-law (Ex. . 15. Dad is Wolf, mom is Cheryl, the two daughters are Pascalle and Loretta. (Photo credit: Wikipedia), Besides pasturing the flocks, watering and watching them, tending minor injuries and sheltering them at night, a shepherdess also had the womanly duty of spinning. In Part 2 well note that Rebekahs name relates to milking and consider what might have been done with the milk her sheep produced.Mary Hendren. Yet a few verses later, at the incident of the burning bush, the story begins by stating Moses was shepherding his . Shifra and Puah are midwives in Egypt. He held this position up until March 2021 when he was suspended with his second-in-command, NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee succeeding him as the agent in charge . However, the Hebrew expression normally rendered father-in-law can in a broader sense denote any male relative by marriage and so could also be understood as brother-in-law. To say that Hobab instead of Jethro was Moses father-in-law would disagree with other texts. So, how come they were in Midian? As the Expositor's commentary puts it, "Hobab is called Reuel's son in Numbers 10:29 (ESV); so 'brother-in-law' is a most likely rendering. There are three basic views on this. Clearly the work of a shepherdess, though less extensive than that of a sheepherder, was important. LONDON - 1955: Jethro's daughters, portrayed by Lisa Mitchell, Noelle WIlliams, Joanna Merlin, Pat Richard, Joyce Vanderven and Diane Hall, during the filming of "The Ten Commandments" by Cecil B. DeMille at studios in London, England. The rabbis do not point this out, but I think this is the point of the text. Copyright 1995 by American Bible Society For more information about CEV, visit www.bibles.com and www.cev.bible. The third idea is that "Reuel" was Jethro's real name whereas "Jethro" was his priestly title (Jethro means "excellence" ["Who was Moses' Father? He is present only when needed. Combine a one-year tablet and print subscription to BAR with membership in the BAS Library to start your journey into the ancient past today! Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock (Exodus 2:16-17). It prepared her for marriage and independence from her family. And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. Jethro Tull, musician. These events take place in the Torah portion Yitro (Exodus 18:120:23). Keyway.ca. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The Hebrew language originally consisted only of consonants (for example, the last sentence, minus consonants would read: TH HBRW LNGG ORGNLL CNSSTD NL F CNSNNTS). I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt, and I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. He never thinks of taking advantage of his position as first counselor to the great leader Moses. [2] In Exodus, Moses' father-in-law is initially referred to as "Reuel" (Exodus 2:18) but afterwards as "Jethro" (Exodus 3:1). The shepherds wanted to take advantage of the efforts of the young women to give their animals to drink, but the threatening intervention of the young Moses, sitting nearby, made them quit. We cannot [water the sheep] until all the flocks are gathered together, and they have rolled the stone from the wells mouth, then we water the sheep[so] Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the wells mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mothers brother (Genesis 29:8-10). A shepherdess with her flock, grazing oil on canvas, 41 x 56.5 cm (Photo credit: Wikipedia). He also had five daughters. AndJethrodiadah is the shortest sister who wears a pink robe with a teal shawl covering her face. There are cases of them even contradicting scripture and they certainly all contradict each other. http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/s/r1/lp-e?q=Jethro&p=par, Go Jethro, give your daughter to [Ah-]Moses http://youtu.be/LbQDudV4ndA , Your email address will not be published. vi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia), As mentioned before, the Awassi sheep are excellent milk producers. Rachel pointed to the great stone that covered the well. Jethro is a character in The Prince of Egypt. It is this image which Marcel Proust used to describe the love of Charles Swann's life, Odette de Crcy. The first is that Reuel is simply another name for Jethro, much like Jacob also being named Israel (both of which were used interchangeably). Life is honestly so hectic but I'm trying to get back into a normal writing pattern. Sometime in the early 1990's, he created The Leroy Jethro Gibbs Scholarship Fund. Jethro, also referred to as Reuel ( Exodus 2:18 ), is the priest of Midian who owned flocks ( Exodus 2:16) and became Moses' father-in-law ( Exodus 2:21 ). And when the midwives explain to Pharaoh why they are not fulfilling his order, they talk about the Hebrew women as being unlike Egyptian women, saying they are as animals. Brilliant though the ancient sages were in memorising the scriptures, I cant help feeling that too often most of them let their imaginations run away with them. He disciplined subordinate shepherds and dealt with thieves. Josephus in his Antiquities (1st Century) describes the women as Egyptian midwives who served the Hebrew women. There, he witnessed shepherds harassing women trying to water their own flocks at a well, and Moses came to the women's . Ajolidoforah is the middle-in-length sister who has curly bangs and wears a magenta dress with gold jewelry and a yellow veil on her head. It is a tradition reflected in Stephens speech in the New Testament (Acts 7:23he was 40 years old when he fled from Egypt; 7:29-30God appeared to him at Sinai 40 years later). Probably it is Moses himself, again, who would approach Sephora (with her breasts uncovered and the wet-effect dress that adheres to her skin) announcing the expulsion of the shepherds, while other women run away ignoring what has happened. Or did Moses bring it with him after forty years of listening to Jethro? Later on, small markings were added above and below each word to guide in pronunciation and allow for easier reading. The sister comes from her hiding place and suggests to the Pharaohs daughter that she can find a wet-nurse. 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.Some believe Midian is within the Sinai Peninsula.Biblical maps from antiquity show Midian on both locations. (Jethro) [from a root meaning more than enough; overflow]. &"Daily Bible Study--Jethro", Wayne Blank. The time Moses spent with his father-in-law, after fleeing from Egypt, is said to have been forty years. Grateful, Jethro invited Moses to stay and break bread with him: Moses consented to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah as wife (Exodus 2:21).Later, when Moses returns from freeing the Israelites from Egypt, Jethro proclaims the Israelite Gods glory, saying, Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods (Exodus 18:11). They split after she had their daughter, Skylar because he was texting other girls. [7], The work does have a very original compositional system, in which the prophet has a fully active and violent role in driving away the shepherds. The text of the Hebrew bible at least the consonants of the Hebrew bible, was agreed upon by the second century CE. [3][4], Muslim scholars and the Druze identify Jethro with the prophet Shuayb, also said to come from Midian. They call him Ger shel emeta genuine convert or a convert to the truth. It took the work of the baalei hamesorah, groups of scholarly scribes working from about the 7th to the 10th century CE to finally standardise the grammar of the text its vowels, the breaks (verses and paragraphs), the accenting/cantillation marks. Voice Exodus 2:18 "the girls returned to Reuel their father". He treated animal diseases, located lost sheep, and protected the flocks from wolves, hyenas, lions and bears. There is some disagreement over the name(s) of Moses' father-in-law. For when the whole world heard of the might of the Blessed Holy One, they trembled, and all of them looked toward Jethro, who was wise and the ordained chief of all false gods of the world. It is true that Exodus 7:7 says that Moses was 80 when he and Aaron spoke to Pharaoh, and Deut 34:7 says that he was 120 when he died. Jethro is first mentioned in the Bible in Exodus 2:16 and also referred to as Reuel in verse 18, which may be his last name. Wiesel is best known for his numerous books on the Holocaust and for his profiles of Biblical figures and Hasidic masters. Train other capable and worthy men as chiefs over tens, fifties, hundreds, and thousands to decide cases, so that you will hear only what they cannot handle. Moses agreed, and later Jethro returned to his own land.Ex 18:13-27. The Sinai mountain is not vulcanic as the sound / trumpets is clear description of vulcano eruption. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.. For additional information about bands formed, reformed . Reuel becomes Moses' father in law in Exodus 2:21 "Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. (iii) Priest of Midian and The 7 Daughters Exodus 2:16 Explained. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. She gave birth to a son, whom Moses named Gershom. Awassi sheep are double-coated with only a thin layer of fleece under an outer coat of coarse hair. The All-Access membership pass is the way to get to know the Bible through biblical archaeology. Is the erasure of their identities and their active choices that changed our history forever down to conspiracy or to accident? Some suppose that he was father to Hobab, who was also called Jethro, a likely possibility. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. What was the Tribe of the Shepherds at the Well of Jethro that Why Hebrews later on destroyed the Medianitic people? After Moses killed an Egyptian, he fled to Midian ( Exodus 2:15 ). Jethro responded to Moses review of Jehovahs mighty saving acts by blessing God and confessing: Now I do know that Jehovah is greater than all the other gods. He then offered up sacrifices to the true God. He had the knowledge and experience to build and handle herds numbering many thousands of animals. Jethro, also called Reuel, or Hobab, in the Old Testament, priest of Midian of the Kenite clan, with whom Moses took refuge after he killed an Egyptian and whose daughter Moses married (Exodus 3:1). [2] [3] She was also a fervent believer of the God of Abraham, known to her people as "He who has no name." [4] Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Marriage to Moses 1.2 Journey to Egypt I wonder how often Jethros daughters endured the scenario of laboriously filling the watering troughs from the well, pitcher-full by pitcher-full, only to have their flocks pushed aside by surly shepherds, too lazy to draw their own water. When Jacob met Rachel at the well, he questioned why all the sheep were laying around rather than being watered. The stupefying thing is that Moses accepted! Jethro was most likely Moses brother-on-law. After her husband Machlon died without . At night the animals were housed in stone-walled pens attached to buildings or compounds, or on the ground floor of houses in the cities,[1] or corralled in thorny, fence-like enclosures typical of nomadic enclosures. Later, when Moses, who is now Jethros son-in-law, returns from Egypt at the head of his freed people, Jethro brings to him his wife, Zipporah, and their two children (Exodus 18:5). Moses : Let them be first whose hands have drawn the water. 17 Some shepherds tried to chase them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their animals. Ellen suggests that he stop at the Burdows to thank Mr. Burdow for his help. Jethro was the priest of Midian. Being head of a large family of at least seven daughters and one named son (Ex 2:15, 16; Nu 10:29), and having the responsibility not only to provide for his family materially but also to lead them in worship, he is appropriately called the priest [or chieftain] of Midian. This of itself does not necessarily indicate worship of Jehovah God; but Jethros ancestors may have had true worship inculcated in them, and some of this perhaps continued in the family. Biblical maps from antiquity show Midian on both locations. Supporting Roles: Jethro by Elie Wiesel was originally published in Bible Review, June 1998, and republished in Bible History Daily on March 19, 2014. a. Midrash is a genre of rabbinic literature that includes nonliteral elaborations of biblical texts. And they came and drew water, and they filled the troughs to water their fathers flock. Thats an anachronism, if ever there was. Jephthah was a leader in Israel during the time of the Judges. All shows that the Mount Sinai was much more in the East. Credited in the movie as Babette (her middle name), Bain shared an early scene with Martha Scott -- who played her mother and the mother of the infant Moses (Fraser Heston). Moses wasnt even Jewish, but he was Israelite, of which Judahites (later Jews) were a tribe, then more or less a nation (Judah). (Nu 10:29-33) Judges 4:11 calls Hobab the father-in-law of Moses rather than his brother-in-law, and this has caused difficulty in understanding. Kelly Gibbs (1982 - February 25, 1991) was a young girl who was the daughter of former Marine-turned-NIS/NCIS Special Agent, Leroy Jethro Gibbs and civilian Shannon Gibbs. She heroically saves Moses and her sons from a random attack from an angel by cutting off her son's foreskin; the explanation for this act is unclear. 3This is strange! he said to himself. From a modern perspective we need to ask why the tradition chooses to narrow down how the text is read so that named and autonomous Egyptian women become Hebrew women whose introduction to us is only in relation to the men. This well is where Moses met Zippora, Jethro's daughter. Having said all this, even though Jethro has no detractors, he does inspire a certain skepticism in some. Exodus 3:1-4:13King James Version. Sturgeon Season is the name of the fall 2020 premiere for NCIS.
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