When the girls returned to Reuel, their father, he asked,“ Why are you back so soon today?”

她们来到父亲流珥那里；他说：“今日你们为何来得这么快呢？”

她们回到父亲流珥那里；他说：“今日你们为何这么快就回来了呢？”

她们回到父亲流珥那里；他说：“今日你们为何这么快就回来了呢？”

她们回到父亲流珥那里，父亲问她们：“你们今天怎么这么快就回来了？”

她们回到父亲流珥那里，父亲问：“今天你们为什么赶着回来呢？”

她們來到父親流珥那裏；他說：「今日你們為何來得這麼快呢？」

她們回到父親流珥那裏；他說：「今日你們為何這麼快就回來了呢？」

她們回到父親流珥那裏；他說：「今日你們為何這麼快就回來了呢？」

她們回到父親流珥那裡，父親問她們：「你們今天怎麼這麼快就回來了？」

她們回到父親流珥那裡，父親問：“今天你們為甚麼趕著回來呢？”

她們來到父親流珥那裏，父親說：『今天你們為甚麼來得這麼快呢？』

女歸見父流珥、父曰、今日爾歸、何速也、

諸女返見祖流耳。祖曰、今日爾歸何速。

女歸見父流珥、父曰、今日爾歸之速何故、

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

The girls returned to their father Reuel. He asked them,“ Why have you returned so early today?”

When they came home to their father Reuel, he said,“ How is it that you have come home so soon today?”

When they returned to their father Reuel, he asked,“ Why have you come back so quickly today?”

When they came to their father Reuel, he said,“ Why have you come back so soon today?”

When they came to Reuel their father, he said,“ How is it that you have come so soon today?”

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to- day?

When they returned to their father Reuel he asked,“ Why have you come back so quickly today?”

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How[ is it that] ye are come so soon to day?

So when they came home to their father Reuel, he asked,“ Why have you come home so early today?”

When they came to Reuel, their father, he said,“ How is it that you have returned so early today?”

One day Moses was tending the flock of his father in law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God.

So Moses went back home to Jethro, his father in law.“ Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt,” Moses said.“ I don’t even know if they are still alive.”“ Go in peace,” Jethro replied.

One day Moses said to his brother in law, Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite,“ We are on our way to the place the Lord promised us, for he said,‘ I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised wonderful blessings for Israel!”

Moses’ father in law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything God had done for Moses and his people, the Israelites. He heard especially about how the Lord had rescued them from Egypt.Earlier, Moses had sent his wife, Zipporah, and his two sons back to Jethro, who had taken them in.( Moses’ first son was named Gershom, for Moses had said when the boy was born,“ I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”His second son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said,“ The God of my ancestors was my helper; he rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.”)Jethro, Moses’ father in law, now came to visit Moses in the wilderness. He brought Moses’ wife and two sons with him, and they arrived while Moses and the people were camped near the mountain of God.Jethro had sent a message to Moses, saying,“ I, Jethro, your father in law, am coming to see you with your wife and your two sons.”So Moses went out to meet his father in law. He bowed low and kissed him. They asked about each other’s welfare and then went into Moses’ tent.Moses told his father in law everything the Lord had done to Pharaoh and Egypt on behalf of Israel. He also told about all the hardships they had experienced along the way and how the Lord had rescued his people from all their troubles.Jethro was delighted when he heard about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel as he rescued them from the hand of the Egyptians.“ Praise the Lord,” Jethro said,“ for he has rescued you from the Egyptians and from Pharaoh. Yes, he has rescued Israel from the powerful hand of Egypt!I know now that the Lord is greater than all other gods, because he rescued his people from the oppression of the proud Egyptians.”Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God. Aaron and all the elders of Israel came out and joined him in a sacrificial meal in God’s presence.

“ But those who become defiled and do not purify themselves will be cut off from the community, for they have defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Since the water of purification has not been sprinkled on them, they remain defiled.