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    Jethro

    יִתְרוֹ

    Jethro, also known as Reuel, was Moses' father-in-law and a priest of Midian.

    verses
    11
    first named
    Exodus 2:18
    last named
    Numbers 10:29
    period
    Egypt and Wilderness
    tribe
    Midian

    Description

    Who was Jethro?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Jethro, also referred to as Reuel, was Moses' father-in-law and a priest of Midian. He is first mentioned in Exo.2.18, where his daughters tell him about Moses defending them at a well. Later, in Exo.3.1, Moses is described as tending Jethro's flock when he encounters the burning bush.

    After the Exodus, Jethro visits Moses in the wilderness, bringing along Moses' wife Zipporah and their two sons (Exo.18.1-6). Jethro praises God for the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt (Exo.18.9-10) and offers sacrifices to God (Exo.18.12).

    Observing Moses' heavy workload in judging the people, Jethro advises him to appoint capable men to share the burden (Exo.18.13-23). Moses follows this advice and bids farewell to Jethro, who returns to his own land (Exo.18.24-27). In Num.10.29, Moses invites Hobab, identified as Reuel's son, to join the Israelites on their journey, suggesting a continued relationship between Moses and Jethro's family.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Jethro9 of 9 entities the graph connects to Jethro, in 3 groups: kinship 2, company 3, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.ZipporahFather of · 4 events · 3 versesHobabFather of · 2 versesKinshipMidianAssociated with · 59 versesJethro, Zipporah, Gershom, and Eliezer’s comingTook part in · 2 versesMoses’ sending back of Zipporah and JethroTook part in · 1 event · 2 versesCompanyMoses12 events · 786 versesEgypt1 event · 649 versesGershom1 event · 6 versesEliezer1 event · 4 versesEventsJethro

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    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Jethro happensThe one place the claims about Jethro reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Midian. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Jethro there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Midian
    Egypt and WildernessThe one place the claims about Jethro reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 11, across 2 books. The name is written 12 times in them.

    1. Exodus10 verses

      2:183:14:1818:118:218:518:618:918:1018:12

    2. Numbers1 verse

      10:29

    3 further references are to addresses this build does not carry — Septuagint verses, or compound strings the source never resolves. Attested where Atlas does not read is not attested nowhere.

    Onward

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    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Jethro, Zipporah, Gershom, and Eliezer’s coming and Moses’ sending back of Zipporah and Jethro, and 1 moreMosesProphet who led Israel out of Egyptvia Jethro, Zipporah, Gershom, and Eliezer’s coming and ZipporahEliezerSon of Moses and Zipporah.via Jethro, Zipporah, Gershom, and Eliezer’s coming and ZipporahGershomSon of Moses; father of Jonathan, a renegade priest.via HobabKenitesA nomadic tribe friendly to the Israelitesvia Moses’ sending back of Zipporah and JethroSending BackSending Back is a concept gathering 5 labelled instances in the text.via Jethro, Zipporah, Gershom, and Eliezer’s comingComingComing is a concept gathering 549 labelled instances in the text.via MidianDelivering of Midian and Camp Of MidianDelivering of Midian and Camp Of Midian is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via MidianLORD’s deliverance of IsraelLORD’s deliverance of Israel is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via MidianMidian, Amalek, and People Of The East’s invasion of Israel, Midian, Amalek, and People Of The EastMidian, Amalek, and People Of The East’s invasion of Israel, Midian, Amalek, and People Of The East is an event attested across 4 verses, connecting 5 pageable entities.

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