Exodus 18:27 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 18:27

And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

KJV

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ASV

And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

WEB

Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.

YLT

And Moses sendeth his father-in-law away, and he goeth away unto his own land.

DBT

And Moses sent away his father-in-law, and he departed into his land.

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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Numbers 10:29–30
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.
Judges 19:9
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
Genesis 31:55
And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
Genesis 24:59
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
Genesis 12:20
And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

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This incident may very well be allowed to have happened as it is placed here, before the giving of the law, and not, as some place it, in connection with what is recorded, Num. x. Sacrifices were offered before; in these mentioned here (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

6 ) were the posterity of Jethro (compare Judg. i. 16 ), and they are there taken under special protection, for the kindness their ancestor here showed to Israel. The good-will shown to God's people, even in the smallest instances, shall in no wise lose its reward, but shall be recompensed, at furthest, in the resurrection.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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