Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 21

Midrash Tanchuma Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 21

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 25, 2025

And Jethro said to undefined: “Go for peace” (Exod. 3:18). You find that everyone about whom it is written Go for peace departs and returns in peace, and that everyone concerning whom it is said Go in peace departs but does not return (in peace). Jethro said to Moses: Go for peace. And he departed and he returned in peace.

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Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 21

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