¹⁶ Now the priest of Midian^(A) had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

¹⁸ When they returned to their father Reuel,^[a](A) he asked, ‘Why have you come back so quickly today? ’

Moses and the Burning Bush

3 Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro,^[a] the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb,^[b] the mountain of God.^(A)