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Jethro (Reuel)

Midianite priest, father-in-law of Moses; the text describes him advising Moses to delegate judicial duties to appointed leaders

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Zipporah

Introduction

Midianite priest, father-in-law of Moses; the text describes him advising Moses to delegate judicial duties to appointed leaders

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This article records a figure from the Hebrew Bible's narrative genealogy of Israel, as told across the Torah and the Former Prophets. It follows the text's own presentation of events rather than adjudicating questions of historicity, which remain debated among biblical scholars and archaeologists.

Sources

  1. Book of Exodus (primary text)
  2. The Oxford Bible Commentary (scholarly)

This entry is independently written for myVamsam using the sources listed above. Where traditions differ, this entry identifies the relevant tradition rather than presenting one account as universally established fact.