Exodus 18:1
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;
Cross-references
In Exodus 18:8, Moses recounts to Jethro the very deeds Jethro heard about here — a narrative cause and effect.
Exodus 2:21 records Moses marrying Jethro's daughter, making Jethro his father-in-law as stated in Exodus 18:1.
Exodus 3:1 identifies Jethro as Moses' father-in-law and priest of Midian, matching the description in Exodus 18:1.
Exodus 4:18 shows Moses returning to Jethro his father-in-law, the same relationship noted in Exodus 18:1.
Exodus 2:16 first introduces Jethro as 'priest of Midian', the same title used in Exodus 18:1.
Exodus 2:18 introduces Jethro (as Reuel), the father of Zipporah; this verse identifies him as Moses' father-in-law, linking the two accounts.
Acts 7:36 summarizes the wonders and signs of Moses leading Israel out—the events Jethro heard about.
Isaiah 63:11-13 recalls God leading Israel through the sea, the event that reached Jethro's ears in Exodus 18:1.
Psalm 136:10-16 repeatedly thanks God for the Exodus and Red Sea victory, echoing the news Jethro heard in Exodus 18:1.
Psalm 106:8-11 describes God saving Israel at the Red Sea, the same event Jethro heard about in Exodus 18:1.
Psalm 105:36-41 recounts the plagues and Red Sea crossing, confirming the report Jethro received in Exodus 18:1.
Psalm 78:50-53 poetically retells the plagues and Exodus deliverance, matching what Jethro heard in Exodus 18:1.
Nehemiah 9:11 highlights the Red Sea crossing — the central miracle Jethro heard reported in Exodus 18:1.
Nehemiah 9:10 recounts the signs and wonders against Pharaoh — the very events Jethro heard about in Exodus 18:1.
Judges 4:11 mentions Hobab, a descendant of Moses' father-in-law, preserving the kinship link from Exodus 18:1.
In Joshua 9:9, the Gibeonites claim to have heard of God's acts in Egypt, just as Jethro did in Exodus 18:1.
In Joshua 2:10, Rahab repeats the same report Jethro heard — God drying up the Red Sea, showing the fame of the Exodus spread.
Numbers 10:29 refers to Moses' father-in-law Reuel (Jethro), continuing the family connection from Exodus 18:1.
Acts 7:35 describes God sending Moses as ruler and deliverer—the event Jethro heard about.
Judges 1:16 mentions the children of Moses' father-in-law (Jethro) who joined Judah, extending the story of Jethro's family.