This week we'll study Exodus 18. This chapter is a welcome respite from all the conflict and war we've just come through. It is the account of a joyful, peaceful, reunion and the establishment of civil governmental structure for the nation.

Read the chapter and then look back in Exodus to remember who Jethro was when Moses met him and where he lived.

Why had Zipporah and her sons not made the journey with Moses?

This is a two-fold reunion. Jethro and Moses catch up on business affairs and the working of God and Zipporah and Moses are reunited after more than a year of separation.

Read verse 8. What does Moses talk about with Jethro?

Read verse 11. What is Jethro's response?

What does verse 12 tell you about Jethro?