Exodus 3:1
Exodus · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“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.”Exodus 3:1
What Does Exodus 3:1 Mean?
Exodus 3:1 is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 3, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Wilderness.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Exodus 3:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 1:6“The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:”Exodus 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.”Exodus 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 elders of Israel.”1 Kings 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.”Psalms 78:70“He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:”Numbers 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 good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.”Hebrews 1:1“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,”Exodus 2:18“And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?”Exodus 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.”Exodus 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;”Exodus 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:”Exodus 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.”Judges 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.”Malachi 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.”Exodus 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.”Exodus 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;”Exodus 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.”Exodus 24:13“And 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.”
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