Reuel (Jethro)

Priest

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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Family Relationships

Children 2
Zipporah, Hobab

Key References

Exodus 2:18

When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”

Numbers 10:29

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)
Exodus 2:18

When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”

Numbers (1)
Numbers 10:29

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.”