Reuel, also known as Jethro or Raguel, was a man living during the time of Egypt and the wilderness, the father of Zipporah and Hobab, first mentioned in Exodus 2:18.
About Reuel (Jethro)
A priest of Midian who gave his daughter to Moses for a wife. He is perhaps the same person as #1 above, and identical to Jethro (Exodus 2:18; compare Exodus 3:1). He is also called Raguel in Numbers 10:29 in the King James Version. See Jethro.
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Key References
When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”
All Scripture References (2)
Exodus (1)
When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
Numbers (1)
Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”