Exodus 2:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Exodus 2:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Exodus 2:16 is a verse from the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Exodus 2:16 — KJV
“Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. priest: or, prince”
— Exodus 2:16 (KJV)
Exodus 2:16 in Context — About the Book of Exodus
Exodus tells the defining rescue story of the Old Testament: God hears the cry of enslaved Israel, breaks Pharaoh's grip through ten plagues, parts the Red Sea, and meets His people at Sinai. It reveals God as deliverer, covenant-maker, and the One who dwells among His people.
Cross-References for Exodus 2:16
“Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.”
Shares key themes with Exodus 2:16: now, priest, midian
“And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.”
Shares key themes with Exodus 2:16: came, water, troughs
“Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites. chief...: Heb. house of a father”
Shares key themes with Exodus 2:16: now, midian, father
“And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.”
Shares key themes with Exodus 2:16: priest, came, father
“And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.”
Shares key themes with Exodus 2:16: now, daughters, came
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