18NOW JETHRO [Reuel], the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.H3503H3548H4080H4872H2859H8085H430H6213H4872H3478H5971H3068H3318H3478H4714 2Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after Moses had sent her back [to her father],H3503H4872H2859H3947H6855H4872H802H310H7964 3And her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom [ expulsion, or a stranger there], for Moses said, I have been an alien in a strange land;H8147H1121H8034H259H1647H559H1616H5237H776 4And the name of the other was Eliezer [God is help], for the God of my father, said Moses, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.H8034H259H461H430H1H5828H5337H2719H6547 5And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with Moses' sons and his wife to the wilderness where he was encamped at the mount of God [Horeb, or Sinai].H3503H4872H2859H935H1121H802H4872H4057H2583H2022H430 6And he said [in a message] to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, am come to you and your wife and her two sons with her.H559H4872H2859H3503H935H802H8147H1121 7And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed in homage and kissed him; and each asked the other of his welfare and they came into the tent.H4872H3318H7125H2859H7812H5401H7592H376H7453H7965H935H168 8Moses told his father-in-law all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel's sake and all the hardships that had come upon them by the way and how the Lord delivered them.H4872H5608H2859H3068H6213H6547H4714H3478H182H8513H4672H1870H3068H5337 9Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness the Lord had done to Israel in that He had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.H3503H2302H2896H3068H6213H3478H5337H3027H4714 10Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, Who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, Who has delivered the people [Israel] from under the hand of the Egyptians.H3503H559H1288H3068H5337H3027H4714H3027H6547H5337H5971H3027H4714 11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods. Yes, in the [very] thing in which they dealt proudly [He showed Himself infinitely superior to all their gods].H3045H3068H1419H430H1697H2102 12And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices [to offer] to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.H3503H4872H2859H3947H5930H2077H430H175H935H2205H3478H398H3899H4872H2859H6440H430 13Next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening.H4283H4872H3427H8199H5971H5971H5975H4872H1242H6153 14When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, What is this that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning till evening?H4872H2859H7200H6213H5971H559H1697H6213H5971H3427H5971H5324H1242H6153 15Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God.H4872H559H2859H5971H935H1875H430 16When they have a dispute they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God and His laws.H1697H935H8199H376H7453H3045H2706H430H8451 17Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that you are doing is not good.H4872H2859H559H1697H6213H2896 18You will surely wear out both yourself and this people with you, for the thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it all by yourself.H5034H5034H5971H1697H3515H3201H6213 19Listen now to [me]; I will counsel you, and God will be with you. You shall represent the people before God, bringing their cases {and} causes to Him,H8085H6963H3289H430H1961H5971H4136H430H935H1697H430 20Teaching them the decrees and laws, showing them the way they must walk and the work they must do.H2094H853H2706H8451H3045H1870H3212H4639H6213 21Moreover, you shall choose able men from all the people--God-fearing men of truth who hate unjust gain--and place them over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, to be their rulers.H2372H5971H2428H582H3373H430H582H571H8130H1215H7760H8269H505H8269H3967H8269H2572H8269H6235 22And let them judge the people at all times; every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.H8199H5971H6256H1419H1697H935H6996H1697H8199H7043H5375 23If you will do this, and God so commands you, you will be able to endure [the strain], and all these people also will go to their [tents] in peace.H6213H1697H430H6680H3201H5975H5971H935H4725H7965 24So Moses listened to {and} heeded the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.H4872H8085H6963H2859H6213H559 25Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.H4872H977H2428H582H3478H5414H7218H5971H8269H505H8269H3967H8269H2572H8269H6235 26And they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they decided themselves.H8199H5971H6256H7186H1697H935H4872H6996H1697H1992H8199 27Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.H4872H2859H7971H3212H776
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