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Why did Yitro arrest Moshe?
« on: December 18, 2013, 08:15:30 PM »
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.   ד  עֹזְבֵי תוֹרָה, יְהַלְלוּ רָשָׁע;    וְשֹׁמְרֵי תוֹרָה, יִתְגָּרוּ בָם
4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.

ה  אַנְשֵׁי-רָע, לֹא-יָבִינוּ מִשְׁפָּט;    וּמְבַקְשֵׁי יְהוָה, יָבִינוּ כֹל.   
5 Evil men understand not justice; but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

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Re: Why did Yitro arrest Moshe?
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2013, 08:30:23 PM »
I heard of this some years ago but I cannot remember enough to comment at this time. I am researching it...
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You shall make yourself the Festival of Sukkoth for seven days, when you gather in [the produce] from your threshing floor and your vat.And you shall rejoice in your Festival-you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, who are within your cities
Duet 16:13-14

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Re: Why did Yitro arrest Moshe?
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2013, 08:38:53 PM »
I have found a reference to a Medrash Shemot 168 in a footnote at this time:

http://www.meaningfullife.com/torah/holidays/3b/Incarcerated.php

[4]. Editor’s note: According to the Yalkut Shimoni (Shemot 168), Moses, who transmitted the Torah to humanity, was also a prisoner (of his future father-in-law, Jethro) in Midian for ten years.
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You shall make yourself the Festival of Sukkoth for seven days, when you gather in [the produce] from your threshing floor and your vat.And you shall rejoice in your Festival-you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, who are within your cities
Duet 16:13-14

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Re: Why did Yitro arrest Moshe?
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2013, 08:40:23 PM »
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/811478/jewish/Interpolated-Translation.htm

21 Moses consented to stay with the man, but when Moses told Jether about his adventures in Ethiopia, he suspected him of lying, and imprisoned him. After ten years, when Moses was 77, Jether released him from prison and gave Moses his daughter Zipporah as a wife.64 He made Moses tend his sheep and swear that he would not leave Midian without his permission.
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You shall make yourself the Festival of Sukkoth for seven days, when you gather in [the produce] from your threshing floor and your vat.And you shall rejoice in your Festival-you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, who are within your cities
Duet 16:13-14
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