VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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A delightful Rashi. Rashi here uses the very
powerful ALIGNMENT method in which similar verses
are aligned. The resulting differences and nuances
are then seen as intended inuendoes.

Rashi here aligns the 2 dozen or so verses where
JETHRO is mentioned. As can be seen from the
LIST below JETHRO is referred to with 3
possible attributes.
- BY NAME: Jethro
- BY RELATION: Father in Law of Moses
- BY POSITION: Priest of Midyan

We see 4 methods of referring to Jethro
- Jethro, Father in Law, the Priest
- Jethro, Faher in Law
- Jethro
- Father-in-Law

Rashi does not fully explain each occurence
Rather Rashi notes that each situation brings
out certain facets of Jethro: The person,
the in law, and the Priest.

Here are simple example:
- In Ex18-06:07 he brings his daughter back to
Moses after a brief separation--so he acts
as FATHER IN LAW (Which is how he is called)

- But in Ex18-10 he blesses God for saving the
Jews from Egypt. Here he acts as JETHRO the
person since as Idolatrous Priest he could
not bless God and even as Father in Law he
wouldnt bless the God of someone elses
religion.

- In Ex18-27 Moses sends him back home.
This is after he gave Moses advice which
Moses accepted. He is called FATHER IN LAW!
I would suggest that the Torah teaches
manners---when your in-laws give you a
good piece of advice which you accept,
then let them go back (before they get
on your nerves)

The footnotes illumine further. I have
deliberately left out Rashis own example!
See if you can solve all 18 cases!

We list all 18 verses where Jethro is referred
to. Three possible attributes are shown:
- NAME     Jethro
- RELATION in law
- POSITION priest
An X indicates which attributes are mentioned
in the verse: eg JETHRO, the FATHER IN LAW
would be X X (BlANK). Footnotes suggest
reasons for the differences.