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Now Jethro,
the priest
of Midian,
Moses'
father-in-law,
heard
of all
that God
had done
for Moses
and for
Israel
His people,
how
the LORD
had brought
Israel
out of Egypt.
2
Jethro,
Moses'
father-in-law,
took
Moses'
wife
Zipporah,
after
he had sent her away,
3
and her two
sons,
of whom
one
was named
Gershom,
for Moses said,
"I have been
a sojourner
in a foreign
land."
4
The other
was named
Eliezer,
for he said, "The God
of my father
was my help,
and delivered
me from the sword
of Pharaoh."
5
Then Jethro,
Moses'
father-in-law,
came
with his sons
and his wife
to Moses
in the wilderness
where
he was camped,
at the mount
of God.
6
He sent word
to Moses,
"I, your father-in-law
Jethro,
am coming
to you with your wife
and her two
sons
with her."
7
Then Moses
went
out to meet
his father-in-law,
and he bowed down
and kissed
him; and they asked
each
other
of their welfare
and
went
into the tent.
8
Moses
told
his father-in-law
all
that the LORD
had done
to Pharaoh
and to the Egyptians
for Israel's
sake,
all
the hardship
that had befallen
them on the journey,
and how the LORD
had delivered
them.
9
Jethro
rejoiced
over
all
the goodness
which
the LORD
had done
to Israel,
in delivering
them from the hand
of the Egyptians.
10
So Jethro
said,
"Blessed
be the LORD
who
delivered
you from
the hand
of the Egyptians
and from
the hand
of Pharaoh,
and
who
delivered
the people
from under
the hand
of the Egyptians
.
11
"Now
I know
that the LORD
is greater
than
all
the gods;
indeed,
it was proven
when
they dealt proudly
against
the people."
12
Then Jethro,
Moses'
father-in-law
,
took
a burnt offering
and sacrifices
for God,
and Aaron
came
with all
the elders
of Israel
to eat
a meal
with
Moses'
father-in-law
before
God.
13
It came
about
the next day
that
Moses
sat
to judge
the people,
and the people
stood
about
Moses
from the morning
until
the evening.
14
Now when Moses'
father-in-law
saw
all
that he was doing
for
the people
,
he said,
"What
is this
thing
that you are doing
for
the people
?
Why
do you alone
sit
as judge and
all
the people
stand
about
you from morning
until
evening?"
15
Moses
said
to his father-in-law,
"Because
the people
come
to me to inquire
of God.
16
"When
they have
a dispute,
it comes
to me, and I judge
between
a man
and his neighbor
and make known
the statutes
of God
and His laws."
17
Moses'
father-in-law
said
to him, "The thing
that you are doing
is not good.
18
"You will surely
wear
out, both
yourself
and these
people
who
are with you, for the task
is too
heavy
for you; you cannot
do
it alone.
19
"Now
listen
to me: I will give you counsel,
and God
be with you. You be the people's
representative before
God,
and you bring
the disputes
to
God,
20
then teach
them the statutes
and the laws,
and make known
to them the way
in which they are to walk
and the work
they are to do.
21
"Furthermore, you shall select
out of all
the people
able
men
who fear
God,
men
of truth,
those who hate
dishonest gain;
and you shall place
these over
them as leaders
of thousands,
of hundreds,
of fifties
and of tens.
22
"Let them judge
the people
at all
times;
and let it be that every
major
dispute
they will bring
to you, but every
minor
dispute
they themselves will judge.
So it will be easier
for you, and they will bear
the burden with you.
23
"If
you do
this
thing
and God
so commands
you, then you will be able
to endure,
and all
these
people
also
will go
to their place
in peace."
24
So Moses
listened
to his father-in-law
and did
all
that he had said.
25
Moses
chose
able
men
out of all
Israel
and made
them heads
over
the people,
leaders
of thousands,
of hundreds,
of fifties
and of tens.
26
They judged
the people
at all
times;
the difficult
dispute
they would bring
to Moses,
but every
minor
dispute
they themselves would judge.
27
Then Moses
bade
his father-in-law
farewell,
and he went
his way into his own land.
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