Jethro's Offering and Whether Noahides Brought Peace Offerings

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 36:1

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And is it not written, "And Moses said, You too shall give into our hands sacrifices and burnt offerings" (Exodus 10:25)? Sacrifices for eating and burnt offerings for offering up. And is it not written, "And Jethro the father-in-law of Moses took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God" (Exodus 18:12)? Jethro was after the giving of the Torah. And according to the one who says he was before the giving of the Torah, what is there to say? He holds that the Noahides did offer peace offerings.

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SacrificeNoahGentiles

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