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Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb.
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Verse 1. Fed for the space of forty years. During which time, he composed the books of Genesis and Job, for the consolation of his countrymen; ( Menochius.) though others believe he wrote all the Pentateuch in the desert. Theodor. and so forth—Of God, on account of its height; or on account of God’s appearing to Moses.—Horeb is so close to Mount Sinai, that the shadow of the latter reaches it when the sun rises. It is watered with three springs; and the summit is adorned with fruit trees. Calmet.
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