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Exodus 18:1

Exodus 18:1

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Jethro: Exodus 2:16, Exodus 2:21, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 4:18; Numbers 10:29; Judges 4:11

heard: Psalms 34:2, Psalms 44:1, Psalms 77:14-15, Psalms 78:4, Psalms 105:5, Psalms 105:43, Psalms 106:2, Psalms 106:8; Jeremiah 33:9; Zechariah 8:23; Galatians 1:23-24

God: Acts 7:35-36, Acts 14:27, Acts 15:12, Acts 21:19-20; Romans 15:18

done: Exod. 7:1-15:27; Joshua 2:10, Joshua 9:9; Nehemiah 9:10-11; Psalms 77:14-15, Psalms 78:50-53; Psalms 105:36-41, Psalms 106:8-11, Psalms 136:10-16; Isaiah 63:11-13

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