Staro said
But isn't it great how every time you sort them out the foundation of Identity remains untarnished?
Amen.
I heard another example recently, I forget which podcasts it was but it was about Moses' father-in-law.
I know this is bad to quote from untrustworthy sources, but it will help highlight the confusion:
Jethro
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law. Exodus 3:1
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law. Exodus 4:18
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law.... Exodus 18:1
And Jethro Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses. Exodus 18:5
Hobab
Now Heber the Kenite, which as of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses. Judges 4:11
And Moses said unto Hobab ... Moses' father in law. Numbers 10:29
Reuel
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said.... And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. Exodus 2:18-21
In the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible, Jethro (/ˈdʒɛθroʊ/; Hebrew: יִתְרוֹ, Standard Yitro Tiberian Yiṯrô; "His Excellence/Posterity"; Arabic شعيب Shu-ayb) or Reuel was Moses' father-in-law, a Kenite shepherd and priest of Midian.[1] In Exodus, Moses' father-in-law is initially referred to as Reuel (Exodus 2:18) but then as Jethro (Exodus 3:1). He was the father of Hobab in the Book of Numbers 10:29.[2] He is also revered as a prophet in his own right in the Druze religion,[3] and considered an ancestor of the Druze.[4]
Bill had a good explanation, but now I cannot remember which podcasts it was, or the explanation in it's entirety. But it seems to be a similar case, in using the word 'kenite' to describe a smith.
...and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.