Quotes About Family

In the future, when your son asks you, ëWhat does this mean?í you are to tell him, ëWith a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,

along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

Mosesí father-in-law Jethro, along with Mosesí wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.

He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.

Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.

But if the servant declares, ëI love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,í

And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.

And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.

If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.

Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.

My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.

No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.

“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.

Present his sons as well and clothe them with tunics.

Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.