Moses Flees to Midian

Exodus 2

11 Now it came to pass in those days, j when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he k killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 And l when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men m were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, "Why are you striking your companion?" 14 Then he said, n "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" So Moses o feared and said, "Surely this thing is known!" 15 When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But p Moses fled from 1 the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of q Midian; and he sat down by r a well.

16 s Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. t And they came and drew water, and they filled the u troughs to water their father's flock. 17 Then the v shepherds came and w drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and x watered their flock. 18 When they came to y Reuel 2 their father, z he said, "How is it that you have come so soon today?" 19 And they said, "An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock." 20 So he said to his daughters, "And where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may a eat bread." 21 Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave b Zipporah his daughter to Moses. 22 And she bore him a son. He called his name c Gershom, 3 4 for he said, "I have been d a 5 stranger in a foreign land."

  1. Cross References
    Acts 7:23
    Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
    Acts 7:24
    And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian.
    Hebrews 11:24 - 26
    By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.
  2. Cross References
    Acts 7:24
    And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian.
    Acts 7:25
    For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.
  3. Cross References
    Acts 7:26 - 28
    "And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?'
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 25:8
    Do not go hastily to court; For what will you do in the end, When your neighbor has put you to shame?
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 19:9
    And they said, "Stand back!" Then they said, "This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them." So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door.
    Acts 7:27
    But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
    Acts 7:28
    'Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?'
  6. Cross References
    Judges 6:27
    So Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the LORD had said to him. But because he feared his father's household and the men of the city too much to do it by day, he did it by night.
    Hebrews 11:27
    By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.
  7. Cross References
    Acts 7:29
    Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.
    Hebrews 11:27
    By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 3:1
    Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 24:11
    And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.
    Genesis 29:2
    And he looked, and saw a well in the field; and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks. A large stone was on the well's mouth.
    Exodus 15:27
    Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 3:1
    Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
    Exodus 4:18
    So Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace.
    Exodus 18:12
    Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and other sacrifices to offer to God. And Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 24:11
    And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.
    Genesis 24:13
    Behold, here I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
    Genesis 24:19
    And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.
    Genesis 29:6 - 10
    So he said to them, "Is he well?" And they said, " He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel is coming with the sheep.
    1 Samuel 9:11
    As they went up the hill to the city, they met some young women going out to draw water, and said to them, "Is the seer here?
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 30:38
    And the rods which he had peeled, he set before the flocks in the gutters, in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, so that they should conceive when they came to drink.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 47:3
    Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.
    1 Samuel 25:7
    Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds were with us, and we did not hurt them, nor was there anything missing from them all the while they were in Carmel.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 26:19 - 21
    Also Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there.
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 29:3
    Now all the flocks would be gathered there; and they would roll the stone from the well's mouth, water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the well's mouth.
    Genesis 29:10
    And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
  16. Cross References
    Numbers 10:29
    Now Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will treat you well; for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 3:1
    Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
    Exodus 4:18
    So Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 31:54
    Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain.
    Genesis 43:25
    Then they made the present ready for Joseph's coming at noon, for they heard that they would eat bread there.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 4:25
    Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it at Moses ' feet, and said, "Surely you are a husband of blood to me!
    Exodus 18:2
    Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back.
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 4:20
    Then Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
    Exodus 18:3
    With her two sons, of whom the name of one was Gershom (for he said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land")
    Exodus 18:4
    And the name of the other was Eliezer (for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").
  21. Cross References
    Genesis 23:4
    "I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
    Leviticus 25:23
    The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me.
    Acts 7:29
    Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.
    Hebrews 11:13
    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
    Hebrews 11:14
    For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.
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