Commentators overwhelmingly agree that the "priest of Midian" (named Reuel or Jethro) was not an idolater but a priest of the one true God, likely a descendant of Abraham. This shows that knowledge of God existed outside of Israel. Moses, in his exile, found refuge not with pagans, but with a family that shared a common faith heritage, even if their worship had some impurities, as one scholar suggests.