strkjv@Exodus:18:1
@ When
Jethro
, 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
;
strkjv@Exodus:18:2
@ Then
Jethro
,
Moses
father in
law
,
took
Zipporah
,
Moses
wife
,
after
he had sent her
back
,
strkjv@Exodus:18:3
@ And her
two
sons
; of which the
name
of the
one
was
Gershom
; for he
said
, I have been an
alien
in a
strange
land
:
strkjv@Exodus:18:4
@ And the
name
of the
other
was
Eliezer
; for the
God
of my
father
, said he, was mine
help
, and
delivered
me from the
sword
of
Pharaoh
:
strkjv@Exodus:18:5
@ And
Jethro
,
Moses
father in
law
,
came
with his
sons
and his
wife
unto
Moses
into the
wilderness
, where he
encamped
at the
mount
of
God
:
strkjv@Exodus:18:6
@ And he
said
unto
Moses
, I thy father in
law
Jethro
am
come
unto thee, and thy
wife
, and her
two
sons
with her.
strkjv@Exodus:18:7
@ And
Moses
went
out
to
meet
his father in
law
, and did
obeisance
, and
kissed
him; and they
asked
each
other
of their
welfare
; and they
came
into the
tent
.
strkjv@Exodus:18:8
@ And
Moses
told
his father in
law
all that the
LORD
had
done
unto
Pharaoh
and to the
Egyptians
for
Israels
sake
, and all the
travail
that had
come
upon them by the
way
, and how the
LORD
delivered
them.
strkjv@Exodus:18:9
@ And
Jethro
rejoiced
for all the
goodness
which the
LORD
had
done
to
Israel
, whom he had
delivered
out of the
hand
of the
Egyptians
.
strkjv@Exodus:18:10
@ And
Jethro
said
,
Blessed
be the
LORD
, who hath
delivered
you out of the
hand
of the
Egyptians
, and out of the
hand
of
Pharaoh
, who hath
delivered
the
people
from under the
hand
of the
Egyptians
.
strkjv@Exodus:18:11
@ Now I
know
that the
LORD
is
greater
than all
gods
: for in the
thing
wherein they dealt
proudly
he was above them.
strkjv@Exodus:18:12
@ And
Jethro
,
Moses
father in
law
,
took
a burnt
offering
and
sacrifices
for
God
: and
Aaron
came
, and all the
elders
of
Israel
, to
eat
bread
with
Moses
father in
law
before
God
.
strkjv@Exodus:18:13
@ And it came to pass on the
morrow
, that
Moses
sat
to
judge
the
people
: and the
people
stood
by
Moses
from the
morning
unto the
evening
.
strkjv@Exodus:18:14
@ And when
Moses
father in
law
saw
all that he
did
to the
people
, he
said
, What is this
thing
that thou
doest
to the
people
? why
sittest
thou thyself alone, and all the
people
stand
by thee from
morning
unto
even
?
strkjv@Exodus:18:15
@ And
Moses
said
unto his father in
law
, Because the
people
come
unto me to
enquire
of
God
:
strkjv@Exodus:18:16
@ When they have a
matter
, they
come
unto me; and I
judge
between
one
and
another
, and I do make them
know
the
statutes
of
God
, and his
laws
.
strkjv@Exodus:18:17
@ And
Moses
father in
law
said
unto him, The
thing
that thou
doest
is not
good
.
strkjv@Exodus:18:18
@ Thou wilt
surely
wear
away
, both thou, and this
people
that is with thee: for this
thing
is too
heavy
for thee; thou art not
able
to
perform
it thyself alone.
strkjv@Exodus:18:19
@
Hearken
now unto my
voice
, I will give thee
counsel
, and
God
shall
be
with thee: Be thou for the
people
to God-
ward
, that thou mayest
bring
the
causes
unto
God
:
strkjv@Exodus:18:20
@ And thou shalt
teach
them
ordinances
and
laws
, and shalt
shew
them the
way
wherein they must
walk
, and the
work
that they must
do
.
strkjv@Exodus:18:21
@ Moreover thou shalt
provide
out of all the
people
able
men
, such as
fear
God
,
men
of
truth
,
hating
covetousness
; and
place
such over them, to be
rulers
of
thousands
, and
rulers
of
hundreds
,
rulers
of
fifties
, and
rulers
of
tens
:
strkjv@Exodus:18:22
@ And let them
judge
the
people
at all
seasons
: and it shall be, that every
great
matter
they shall
bring
unto thee, but every
small
matter
they shall
judge
: so shall it be
easier
for thyself, and they shall
bear
the burden with thee.
strkjv@Exodus:18:23
@ If thou shalt
do
this
thing
, and
God
command
thee so, then thou shalt be
able
to
endure
, and all this
people
shall also
go
to their
place
in
peace
.
strkjv@Exodus:18:24
@ So
Moses
hearkened
to the
voice
of his father in
law
, and
did
all that he had
said
.
strkjv@Exodus:18:25
@ And
Moses
chose
able
men
out of all
Israel
, and
made
them
heads
over the
people
,
rulers
of
thousands
,
rulers
of
hundreds
,
rulers
of
fifties
, and
rulers
of
tens
.
strkjv@Exodus:18:26
@ And they
judged
the
people
at all
seasons
: the
hard
causes
they
brought
unto
Moses
, but every
small
matter
they
judged
themselves.
strkjv@Exodus:18:27
@ And
Moses
let his father in
law
depart
; and he
went
his way into his own
land
.
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