Exodus:18

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* 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 ; * Then Jethro , Moses father in law , took Zipporah , Moses wife , after he had sent her back , * 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 : * And the name of the other was Eliezer #Eliy #ezer #; for the God of my father , said he , was mine help , and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh Par #oh #: * 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 : * And he said unto Moses , I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee , and thy wife , and her two sons with her . * 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 . * 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 . * And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel Yisra #el #, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians . * 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 Par #oh #, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians . * Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods : for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them . * And Jethro , Moses father in law , took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God : and Aaron came , and all the elders of Israel Yisra #el #, to eat bread with Moses father in law before God . * 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 . * 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 ? * And Moses said unto his father in law , Because the people come unto me to enquire of God : * 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 . * And Moses father in law said unto him , The thing that thou doest is not good . * 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 . * Hearken now unto my voice , I will give thee counsel , and God shall be with thee : Be thou for the people to God-ward muwl #, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God : * 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 . * 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 me #ah #, rulers of fifties , and rulers of tens : * 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 . * 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 . * So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law , and did all that he had said . * And Moses chose able men out of all Israel Yisra #el #, and made them heads over the people , rulers of thousands , rulers of hundreds me #ah #, rulers of fifties , and rulers of tens . * And they judged the people at all seasons : the hard causes they brought unto Moses , but every small matter dabar # they judged themselves . * And Moses let his father in law depart ; and he went his way into his own land .

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