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In the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible

The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written mostly in Biblical Hebrew with some Biblical Aramaic....
, Jethro (Standard
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 Yitro Tiberian
Tiberian vocalization

Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct but very well documented oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew language, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was given written form by Masoretes scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias, in the early Middle Ages, beginning in the 8th century....
 ; "His Excellence/Posterity") is Moses
Moses

Moses is a Hebrew Bible Hebrews religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, to whom the Mosaic authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbeinu in Hebrew , he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and also an important prophet of Christianity, Islam, the Bah?'? Faith, Rastafari movement, Chrislam and many ot...
' father-in-law, a Kenite
Kenite

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Kenites were a nomadic clan in the ancient Levant, sent under Jethro to priest Midian. They played an important role in the history of ancient Israel....
 shepherd and priest of El Shaddai
El Shaddai

El Shaddai is one of the Judaic names of God. See El and Names of God in Judaism#Shaddai. El Shaddai is normally translated as "God Almighty"....
. In Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
, Jethro is identified with Shuaib or Shoaib
Shoaib

Shoaib , , was a Prophets of Islam of Islam mentioned in the Qur'an. He is believed to be Ibrahim's great-grandson. He was sent as a prophet to the Midianites to warn them to end their fraudulent ways....
, one of the prophets in the Qur'an
Qur'an

The Qur?an is the central religious text of Islam. Muslims believe the Qur?an to be the book of divine guidance and direction for mankind, and consider the original Arabic text to be the final revelation of God....
. He is also revered as a prophet in his own right in the Druze
Druze

The Druze are a religious community found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and in the Palestinian territories whose traditional religion is said to have begun as an offshoot of Islam, but is unique in its incorporation of Gnosticism, Neoplatonism and other philosophies, similar to other followers of Ismaili Shi'a Islam....
 religion.

ro is called a priest
Priest

A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities....
 of Midian
Midian

Midian was a land bordered by the Arabah between Moab and Elat and by the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. Its East had no borders.In Bible history, Midian was where Moses spent the 40 years between the time that he fled Egypt after killing an Egyptian who had been beating an Israelite, and his return for leading the Israelites....
 and became father-in-law of Moses
Moses

Moses is a Hebrew Bible Hebrews religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, to whom the Mosaic authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbeinu in Hebrew , he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and also an important prophet of Christianity, Islam, the Bah?'? Faith, Rastafari movement, Chrislam and many ot...
 after he gave his daughter, Zipporah
Zipporah

Zipporah or Tzipora , mentioned in the Exodus, was the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Jethro , a princess and priest of Midian....
, in marriage to Moses.






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In the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible

The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written mostly in Biblical Hebrew with some Biblical Aramaic....
, Jethro (Standard
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 Yitro Tiberian
Tiberian vocalization

Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct but very well documented oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew language, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was given written form by Masoretes scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias, in the early Middle Ages, beginning in the 8th century....
 ; "His Excellence/Posterity") is Moses
Moses

Moses is a Hebrew Bible Hebrews religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, to whom the Mosaic authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbeinu in Hebrew , he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and also an important prophet of Christianity, Islam, the Bah?'? Faith, Rastafari movement, Chrislam and many ot...
' father-in-law, a Kenite
Kenite

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Kenites were a nomadic clan in the ancient Levant, sent under Jethro to priest Midian. They played an important role in the history of ancient Israel....
 shepherd and priest of El Shaddai
El Shaddai

El Shaddai is one of the Judaic names of God. See El and Names of God in Judaism#Shaddai. El Shaddai is normally translated as "God Almighty"....
. In Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
, Jethro is identified with Shuaib or Shoaib
Shoaib

Shoaib , , was a Prophets of Islam of Islam mentioned in the Qur'an. He is believed to be Ibrahim's great-grandson. He was sent as a prophet to the Midianites to warn them to end their fraudulent ways....
, one of the prophets in the Qur'an
Qur'an

The Qur?an is the central religious text of Islam. Muslims believe the Qur?an to be the book of divine guidance and direction for mankind, and consider the original Arabic text to be the final revelation of God....
. He is also revered as a prophet in his own right in the Druze
Druze

The Druze are a religious community found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and in the Palestinian territories whose traditional religion is said to have begun as an offshoot of Islam, but is unique in its incorporation of Gnosticism, Neoplatonism and other philosophies, similar to other followers of Ismaili Shi'a Islam....
 religion.

In Exodus

Jethro is called a priest
Priest

A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities....
 of Midian
Midian

Midian was a land bordered by the Arabah between Moab and Elat and by the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. Its East had no borders.In Bible history, Midian was where Moses spent the 40 years between the time that he fled Egypt after killing an Egyptian who had been beating an Israelite, and his return for leading the Israelites....
 and became father-in-law of Moses
Moses

Moses is a Hebrew Bible Hebrews religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, to whom the Mosaic authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbeinu in Hebrew , he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and also an important prophet of Christianity, Islam, the Bah?'? Faith, Rastafari movement, Chrislam and many ot...
 after he gave his daughter, Zipporah
Zipporah

Zipporah or Tzipora , mentioned in the Exodus, was the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Jethro , a princess and priest of Midian....
, in marriage to Moses. In Moses's father-in-law is named Reuel
Reuel

Reuel or Raguel is a Hebrew name associated with several Biblical and/or religious figures.Biblical persons with this name are:* Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, who also went by the name "Reuel" ....
, and this is repeated in (where Hobab is described as Reuel's son). In the Hebrew version of , Hobab is described as Moses's father-in-law, while in others as his brother-in-law. (see )

Jethro is recorded as living in Midian, a territory stretching from east of the Dead Sea
Dead Sea

For the Brian Keene book of the same name, see Dead Sea The Dead Sea is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east....
 south onto the Sinai
Sinai Peninsula

The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai is a triangular peninsula in Egypt. It lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, forming a land bridge between Africa and Southwest Asia....
.

Jethro's daughter, Zipporah, became Moses's wife after Moses had fled Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
, having killed an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew
Hebrews

Hebrews are an ancient people defined as descendants of biblical Patriarch Abraham , a descendent of Noah.In the Bible, the patriarch Abraham is referred to a single time as the ivri, which is the singular form of the Hebrew-language word for Hebrew ....
 slave
Slavery

Slavery is a form of forced labor where a person is compelled to Labor for another . Slaves are held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase, or birth, and are deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to receive Remuneration in return for their labor....
. Moses is said to have worked as a shepherd
Shepherd

A shepherd is a person who tends to, feeds or guards sheep, especially in flocks. The word may also refer to one who provides religious guidance, as a pastor....
 for Jethro for 40 years before returning to Egypt to lead the Hebrews to Canaan
Canaan

Canaan is an ancient term for a region encompassing modern-day Israel and Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, plus adjoining coastal lands and parts of Jordan, Syria and northeastern Egypt....
, the "promised land". It was Jethro that encouraged Moses to appoint others to share in the burden of ministry to the Jewish nation by allowing others to help in the judgement of smaller matters coming before him.

Yitro
Yitro (parsha)

Yitro, Yithro, or Yisro is the seventeenth weekly Torah portion in the annual Judaism cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the book of Exodus....
 is the name of one of the 54 weekly Torah reading
Torah reading

Torah reading is a Judaism religion ritual that involves the public reading of a set of passages from a Sefer Torah. The term often refers to the entire ceremony of removing the Torah scroll from the ark , chanting the appropriate excerpt with special cantillation, and returning the scroll to the ark....
s or Parshiot (Exodus 18:1-20:23). In it, Jethro advises Moses to establish a system of courts to relieve Moses of the crushing burden of judging all disputes. The portion also contains the Ten Commandments
Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, are a list of religious and moral imperatives that, according to Judeo-Christian tradition, were authored by God and given to Moses on the mountain referred to as "Biblical Mount Sinai" or "Mount Horeb" in the form of two stone tablets....
.

In the Qur'an

Jethro is considered by many to be synonymous with the Qur'anic prophet Shu?ayb (Shoaib
Shoaib

Shoaib , , was a Prophets of Islam of Islam mentioned in the Qur'an. He is believed to be Ibrahim's great-grandson. He was sent as a prophet to the Midianites to warn them to end their fraudulent ways....
). In the Qur'an, Shoaib is Moses' father-in-law. Prophet Shoaib “Jethro” Mosque and Tomb is located near the Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
ian city of Mahis
Mahis

Mahis is a Jordanian town 10 km west of Amman. Its population exceeds 14,000. Most of the population of Mahis descends from the Al-Abbadi tribe ...
.He was an Arab according to Islam and his daughter was married to Moses after he received commandments and stayed in Arabia for forty years before the tribes got their promised land.

See also

  • Jethro in Rabbinic Literature
    Jethro in rabbinic literature

    Jethro in rabbinic literature....
  • Moses in rabbinic literature
    Moses in rabbinic literature

    Of all Hebrew Bible personages Moses has been chosen most frequently as the subject of later legends; and his life has been recounted in full detail in the poetic Aggadah....
  • Bithiah
    Bithiah

    Bithiah, in Hebrew Bitya was the daughter of a Pharaoh of Egypt. The name of her father is not in the Bible, but Rabbinic Midrash makes her the daughter of one of the Pharaohs of the Exodus....


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