Exodus 2:18

“And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?”

"And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?" - Exodus 2:18
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What does Exodus 2:18 mean?

Exodus 2:18 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?" This verse is part of the story of Moses fleeing from Egypt and settling in Midian. After killing an Egyptian who was abusing…

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The Unexpected Arrival: Lessons from Reuel's Question

Exodus 2:18 (KJV) reads, "And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?" This seemingly simple question posed by Reuel, the priest of Midian, to his daughters, holds profound implications not only for our understanding of their…

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A Prayer for Timely Deliverance and Guidance

O Lord, the Almighty and Everlasting God, I come before Your holy presence with a heart full of gratitude and praise. I thank You for Your infinite love and mercy that envelops us every day. Today, I am reminded of the words from Exodus 2:18, where Reuel, the father of Zipporah…

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Exodus 2:18 - "And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?"
Exodus 18:2 - "Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,"
Exodus 18
Exodus 31: 18
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Exodus 22:18 - "¶ Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
Exodus 15:18 - "The LORD shall reign for ever and ever."
Exodus 35:18 - "The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,"
Exodus 28:18 - "And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond."
Exodus 10:18 - "And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD."
"Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back," - Exodus 18:2
Exodus 18:18 - "Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone."
Exodus 33:18 - "And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory."
Exodus 36:18 - "And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one."
Exodus 26:18 - "And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward."
Exodus 18:17 - "And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good."
"And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly." - Exodus 19:18
"¶ Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." - Exodus 22:18
"The LORD shall reign for ever and ever." - Exodus 15:18
"The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords," - Exodus 35:18
Exodus 18:24 - "So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said."
Exodus 18:27 - "¶ And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land."
Exodus 18:15 - "And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:"
Exodus 39:18 - "And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it."
Exodus 7:18 - "And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river."
Exodus 24:18 - "And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights."
Exodus 18:13 - "¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening."
Exodus 21:18 - "¶ And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:"
"And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond." - Exodus 28:18