Jethro Brings To Mosheh His Wife And Two Sons

SHEMOTH - EXODUS 18:1

  1     ?  When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Mosheh' father in law, heard of all that YAHWEH had done for Mosheh, and for Yisrael his people, and that YAHWEH had brought Yisrael out of Egypt;

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  2    Then Jethro, Mosheh' father in law, took Zipporah, Mosheh'
wife, after he had sent her back,

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  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:

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  4    And the name of the other was Eliezer; for YAHWEH of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

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  5    And Jethro, Mosheh' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Mosheh into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of YAHWEH:

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  6    And he said to Mosheh, I your father in law Jethro am come unto you, and your wife, and her two sons with her.

Mosheh Entertains Jethro

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  7     ?  And Mosheh went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their shalom; and they came into the tent.

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  8    And Mosheh told his father in law all that YAHWEH had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Yisrael's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how YAHWEH delivered them.

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  9    And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which YAHWEH had done to Yisrael, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

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  10    And Jethro said, Blessed be YAHWEH, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

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  11    Now I know that YAHWEH is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

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  12    And Jethro, Mosheh' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for YAHWEH: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Yisrael, to eat bread with Mosheh' father in law before YAHWEH.

Jethro's Counsel To Mosheh

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  13     ?  And it came to pass on the morrow, that Mosheh sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Mosheh from the morning unto the evening.

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  14    And when Mosheh' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that you do to the people? why sit you yourself alone, and all the people stand by you from morning unto even?

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  15    And Mosheh said to his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of YAHWEH:

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  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 YAHWEH, and his torah.

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  17    And Mosheh' father in law said to him, The thing that you do is not good.

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  18    You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you: for this thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it yourself alone.

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  19    Hearken now unto my voice, I will give you counsel, and YAHWEH shall be with you: Be you for the people to El-ward, that you may bring the causes unto YAHWEH:

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  20    And you shall teach them statutes and torah, and shall show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

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  21    Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear YAHWEH, 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:

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  22    And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto you, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for yourself, and they shall bear the burden with you.

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  23    If you shall do this thing, and YAHWEH command you so, then you shall be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in shalom.

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  24    So Mosheh hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

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  25    And Mosheh chose able men out of all Yisrael, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

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  26    And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Mosheh, but every small matter they judged themselves.

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  27    And Mosheh let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

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