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1 # When Jethro <03503>, the priest <03548> of Midian <04080>, Moses <04872>' father in law <02859> (8802) , heard <08085> (8799) of all that God <0430> had done <06213> (8804) for Moses <04872>, and for Israel <03478> his people <05971>, and that the LORD <03068> had brought <03318> (8689) Israel <03478> out of Egypt <04714>;
2 Then Jethro <03503>, Moses <04872>' father in law <02859> (8802), took <03947> (8799) Zipporah <06855>, Moses <04872>' wife <0802>, after <0310> he had sent her back <07964>,
3 And her two <08147> sons <01121>; of which the name <08034> of the one <0259> was Gershom <01647>; for he said <0559> (8804), I have been an alien <01616> in a strange <05237> land <0776>:
4 And the name <08034> of the other <0259> was Eliezer <0461>; for the God <0430> of my father <01>, said he, was mine help <05828>, and delivered <05337> (8686) me from the sword <02719> of Pharaoh <06547>:
5 And Jethro <03503>, Moses <04872>' father in law <02859> (8802), came <0935> (8799) with his sons <01121> and his wife <0802> unto Moses <04872> into the wilderness <04057>, where he encamped <02583> (8802) at the mount <02022> of God <0430>:
6 And he said <0559> (8799) unto Moses <04872>, I thy father in law <02859> (8802) Jethro <03503> am come <0935> (8802) unto thee, and thy wife <0802>, and her two <08147> sons <01121> with her.
7 # And Moses <04872> went out <03318> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) his father in law <02859> (8802), and did obeisance <07812> (8691), and kissed <05401> (8799) him; and they asked <07592> (8799) each <0376> other <07453> of their welfare <07965>; and they came <0935> (8799) into the tent <0168>.
8 And Moses <04872> told <05608> (8762) his father in law <02859> (8802) all that the LORD <03068> had done <06213> (8804) unto Pharaoh <06547> and to the Egyptians <04714> for Israel's <03478> sake <0182>, and all the travail <08513> that had come <04672> (8804) upon them by the way <01870>, and how the LORD <03068> delivered <05337> (8686) them.
9 And Jethro <03503> rejoiced <02302> (8799) for all the goodness <02896> which the LORD <03068> had done <06213> (8804) to Israel <03478>, whom he had delivered <05337> (8689) out of the hand <03027> of the Egyptians <04714> .
10 And Jethro <03503> said <0559> (8799), Blessed <01288> (8803) be the LORD <03068>, who hath delivered <05337> (8689) you out of the hand <03027> of the Egyptians <04714>, and out of the hand <03027> of Pharaoh <06547> , who hath delivered <05337> (8689) the people <05971> from under the hand <03027> of the Egyptians <04714>.
11 Now I know <03045> (8804) that the LORD <03068> is greater <01419> than all gods <0430>: for in the thing <01697> wherein they dealt proudly <02102> (8804) he was above them.
12 And Jethro <03503>, Moses <04872>' father in law <02859> (8802), took <03947> (8799) a burnt offering <05930> and sacrifices <02077> for God <0430>: and Aaron <0175> came <0935> (8799), and all the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>, to eat <0398> (8800) bread <03899> with Moses <04872>' father in law <02859> (8802) before <06440> God <0430>.
13 # And it came to pass on the morrow <04283>, that Moses <04872> sat <03427> (8799) to judge <08199> (8800) the people <05971>: and the people <05971> stood <05975> (8799) by Moses <04872> from the morning <01242> unto the evening <06153>.
14 And when Moses <04872>' father in law <02859> (8802) saw <07200> (8799) all that he did <06213> (8802) to the people <05971>, he said <0559> (8799), What is this thing <01697> that thou doest <06213> (8802) to the people <05971>? why sittest <03427> (8802) thou thyself alone, and all the people <05971> stand <05324> (8737) by thee from morning <01242> unto even <06153>?
15 And Moses <04872> said <0559> (8799) unto his father in law <02859> (8802), Because the people <05971> come <0935> (8799) unto me to enquire <01875> (8800) of God <0430>:
16 When they have a matter <01697>, they come <0935> (8802) unto me; and I judge <08199> (8804) between one <0376> and another <07453>, and I do make them know <03045> (8689) the statutes <02706> of God <0430>, and his laws <08451>.
17 And Moses <04872>' father in law <02859> (8802) said <0559> (8799) unto him, The thing <01697> that thou doest <06213> (8802) is not good <02896>.
18 Thou wilt surely <05034> (8800) wear away <05034> (8799), both thou, and this people <05971> that is with thee: for this thing <01697> is too heavy <03515> for thee; thou art not able <03201> (8799) to perform <06213> (8800) it thyself alone.
19 Hearken <08085> (8798) now unto my voice <06963>, I will give thee counsel <03289> (8799), and God <0430> shall be <01961> (8798) with thee: Be thou for the people <05971> to God-ward <04136> <0430>, that thou mayest bring <0935> (8689) the causes <01697> unto God <0430>:
20 And thou shalt teach <02094> (8689) <0853> them ordinances <02706> and laws <08451>, and shalt shew <03045> (8689) them the way <01870> wherein they must walk <03212> (8799), and the work <04639> that they must do <06213> (8799).
21 Moreover thou shalt provide <02372> (8799) out of all the people <05971> able <02428> men <0582>, such as fear <03373> God <0430>, men <0582> of truth <0571>, hating <08130> (8802) covetousness <01215>; and place <07760> (8804) such over them, to be rulers <08269> of thousands <0505>, and rulers <08269> of hundreds <03967> , rulers <08269> of fifties <02572>, and rulers <08269> of tens <06235>:
22 And let them judge <08199> (8804) the people <05971> at all seasons <06256>: and it shall be, that every great <01419> matter <01697> they shall bring <0935> (8686) unto thee, but every small <06996> matter <01697> they shall judge <08199> (8799): so shall it be easier <07043> (8685) for thyself, and they shall bear <05375> (8804) the burden with thee.
23 If thou shalt do <06213> (8799) this thing <01697>, and God <0430> command <06680> (8765) thee so, then thou shalt be able <03201> (8804) to endure <05975> (8800), and all this people <05971> shall also go <0935> (8799) to their place <04725> in peace <07965>.
24 So Moses <04872> hearkened <08085> (8799) to the voice <06963> of his father in law <02859> (8802) , and did <06213> (8799) all that he had said <0559> (8804).
25 And Moses <04872> chose <0977> (8799) able <02428> men <0582> out of all Israel <03478>, and made <05414> (8799) them heads <07218> over the people <05971>, rulers <08269> of thousands <0505>, rulers <08269> of hundreds <03967>, rulers <08269> of fifties <02572>, and rulers <08269> of tens <06235>.
26 And they judged <08199> (8804) the people <05971> at all seasons <06256>: the hard <07186> causes <01697> they brought <0935> (8686) unto Moses <04872>, but every small <06996> matter <01697> <01992> they judged <08199> (8799) themselves.
27 And Moses <04872> let his father in law <02859> (8802) depart <07971> (8762); and he went <03212> (8799) his way into his own land <0776>.