ASV_Strong : Exodus 18
1. Now Jethro[H3503], the priest[H3548] of Midian[H4080], Moses[H4872]' father-in[H2859]-law, heard[H8085] of all that God[H430] had done[H6213] for Moses[H4872], and for Israel[H3478] his people[H5971], how that Jehovah[H3068] had brought[H3318] Israel[H3478] out of Egypt[H4714].
2. And Jethro[H3503], Moses[H4872]' father-in[H2859]-law, took[H3947] Zipporah[H6855], Moses[H4872]' wife[H802], after[H310] he had sent her away[H7964],
3. and her two[H8147] sons[H1121]; of whom the name[H8034] of the one[H259] was Gershom[H1647]; for he said[H559], I have been a sojourner[H1616] in a foreign[H5237] land[H776]:
4. and the name[H8034] of the other[H259] was Eliezer[H461]; for he said[H430], The God of my father[H1] was my help[H5828], and delivered[H5337] me from the sword[H2719] of Pharaoh[H6547].
5. And Jethro[H3503], Moses[H4872]' father-in[H2859]-law, came[H935] with his sons[H1121] and his wife[H802] unto Moses[H4872] into the wilderness[H4057] where he was encamped[H2583], at the mount[H2022] of God[H430]:
6. and he said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], I[H2859], thy father-in-law Jethro[H3503], am come[H935] unto thee[H802], and thy wife, and her two[H8147] sons with her[H1121].
7. And Moses[H4872] went out[H3318] to meet[H7125] his father-in[H2859]-law, and did obeisance[H7812], and kissed[H5401] him[H7592]; and they asked each[H376] other[H7453] of their welfare[H7965]; and they came[H935] into the tent[H168].
8. And Moses[H4872] told[H5608] his father-in[H2859]-law all that Jehovah[H3068] had done[H6213] unto Pharaoh[H6547] and to the Egyptians[H4714] for Israel[H3478]'s sake[H182], all the travail[H8513] that had come[H4672] upon them by the way[H1870], and how Jehovah[H3068] delivered them[H5337].
9. And Jethro[H3503] rejoiced[H2302] for all the goodness[H2896] which Jehovah[H3068] had done[H6213] to Israel[H3478], in that he had delivered[H5337] them out of the hand[H3027] of the Egyptians[H4714].
10. And Jethro[H3503] said[H559], Blessed[H1288] be Jehovah[H3068], who hath delivered[H5337] you out of the hand[H3027] of the Egyptians[H4714], and out of the hand[H3027] of Pharaoh[H6547]; who hath delivered[H5337] the people[H5971] from under the hand[H3027] of the Egyptians[H4714].
11. Now I know[H3045] that Jehovah[H3068] is greater[H1419] than all gods[H430]; yea[H1697], in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them[H2102].
12. And Jethro[H3503], Moses[H4872]' father-in[H2859]-law, took[H3947] a burnt-offering[H5930] and sacrifices[H2077] for God[H430]: and Aaron[H175] came[H935], and all the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478], to eat[H398] bread[H3899] with Moses[H4872]' father-in[H2859]-law before[H6440] God[H430].
13. And it came to pass on the morrow[H4283], that Moses[H4872] sat[H3427] to judge[H8199] the people[H5971]: and the people[H5971] stood[H5975] about Moses[H4872] from the morning[H1242] unto the evening[H6153].
14. And when Moses[H4872]' father-in[H2859]-law saw[H7200] all that he did[H6213] to the people[H5971], he said[H559], What is this thing[H1697] that thou doest[H6213] to the people[H5971]? why sittest[H3427] thou thyself alone[H5971], and all the people stand[H5324] about thee from morning[H1242] unto even[H6153]?
15. And Moses[H4872] said[H559] unto his father-in[H2859]-law, Because the people[H5971] come[H935] unto me to inquire[H1875] of God[H430]:
16. when they have a matter[H1697], they come[H935] unto me[H8199]; and I judge between a man[H376] and his neighbor[H7453], and I make them know[H3045] the statutes[H2706] of God[H430], and his laws[H8451].
17. And Moses[H4872]' father-in[H2859]-law said[H559] unto him[H1697], The thing that thou doest[H6213] is not good[H2896].
18. Thou wilt surely[H5034] wear away[H5034], both thou[H5971], and this people that is with thee[H1697]: for the thing is too heavy[H3515] for thee[H3201]; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone[H6213].
19. Hearken[H8085] now unto my voice[H6963], I will give thee counsel[H3289], and God[H430] be[H1961] with thee[H5971]: be thou for the people to Godward[H4136], and bring[H935] thou the causes[H1697] unto God[H430]:
20. and thou shalt teach[H2094] them the statutes[H2706] and the laws[H8451], and shalt show[H3045] them the way[H1870] wherein they must walk[H3212], and the work[H4639] that they must do[H6213].
21. Moreover thou shalt provide[H2372] out of all the people[H5971] able[H2428] men[H582], such as fear[H3373] God[H430], men[H582] of truth[H571], hating[H8130] unjust gain[H1215]; and place[H7760] such over them[H8269], to be rulers of thousands[H505], rulers[H8269] of hundreds[H3967], rulers[H8269] of fifties[H2572], and rulers[H8269] of tens[H6235]:
22. and let them judge[H8199] the people[H5971] at all seasons[H6256]: and it shall be[H1419], that every great matter[H1697] they shall bring[H935] unto thee[H6996], but every small matter[H1697] they shall judge[H8199] themselves[H7043]: so shall it be easier for thyself[H5375], and they shall bear the burden with thee.
23. If thou shalt do[H6213] this thing[H1697], and God[H430] command[H6680] thee so[H3201], then thou shalt be able to endure[H5975], and all this people[H5971] also shall go[H935] to their place[H4725] in peace[H7965].
24. So Moses[H4872] hearkened[H8085] to the voice[H6963] of his father-in[H2859]-law, and did[H6213] all that he had said[H559].
25. And Moses[H4872] chose[H977] able[H2428] men[H582] out of all Israel[H3478], and made[H5414] them heads[H7218] over the people[H5971], rulers[H8269] of thousands[H505], rulers[H8269] of hundreds[H3967], rulers[H8269] of fifties[H2572], and rulers[H8269] of tens[H6235].
26. And they judged[H8199] the people[H5971] at all seasons[H6256]: the hard[H7186] causes[H1697] they brought[H935] unto Moses[H4872], but every small[H6996] matter[H1697] they judged themselves[H8199].
27. And Moses[H4872] let his father-in[H2859]-law depart[H7971]; and he went[H3212] his way into his own land[H776].
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