Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, together with Moses' sons and wife, came to him in the wilderness where he was camped near the mountain of God. The mountain of God — Horeb/Sinai — is the geographical anchor. Moses is near the place where he received his commission, where the burning bush burned, where the law will be given. The wilderness that seemed like Moses' place of exile has become the center of the world's most significant theological events. The family reunion happens in sacred geography: Jethro, Zipporah, and the boys arrive at the mountain where God spoke the divine name. The domestic and the divine are not separate spheres in Exodus.

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