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Exodus 2:16-21 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

17. And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.

18. And they came to Reuel, their father, and he said, “Why have you come so quickly today?”

19. And they said, “An Egyptian man delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

20. And he said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why then have you left the man? Call him so that he can eat some food.”

21. And Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.

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