Exodus 3:1

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

3 So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
KJV
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.
WEB
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb.
ASV
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.
DARBY
And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God to Horeb.
BLB
And Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness and he came to the mountain of God, [to] Horeb.
ÅB
Og Moses gjætte småfeet hos Jetro, sin svigerfar, presten i Midian, og han drev engang småfeet bortom ørkenen og kom til Guds berg, til Horeb[^1].
OTB
Nå gjette Moses småfeet til Jetro, sin svigerfar, presten i Midjan. Han førte småfeet bortover ørkenen og kom til Guds berg, Horeb.
B1930
Og Moses gjætte småfeet hos Jetro, sin svigerfar, presten i Midian, og han drev engang småfeet bortom ørkenen og kom til Guds berg, til Horeb. / < Horeb var en del av Sinai-fjellene.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 19:8

    So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

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  • Psalms 78:70–72

    He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

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  • Exodus 17:6

    Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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  • Numbers 10:29

    Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “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.”

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  • Judges 4:11

    Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.

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  • Exodus 18:1–6

    Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

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  • Malachi 4:4

    “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

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  • Exodus 24:13

    So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.

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