Exodus Chapter 18
Exodus is the 2nd book in the Holy Bible.
This page contains Exodus 18:1 to Exodus 18:9.
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Exodus 18:1
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.
Exodus 18:2
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Moses' wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away,
Exodus 18:3
and her two sons, of whom one was named Gershom, for Moses said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land."
Exodus 18:4
The other was named Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."
Exodus 18:5
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.
Exodus 18:6
He sent word to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her."
Exodus 18:7
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.
Exodus 18:8
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.
Exodus 18:9
Jethro rejoiced over all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, in delivering them from the hand of the Egyptians.
Exodus 18:10
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.
Exodus 18:11
"Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods; indeed, it was proven when they dealt proudly against the people."
Exodus 18:12
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.
Exodus 18:13
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.
Exodus 18:14
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?"
Exodus 18:15
Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
Exodus 18:16
"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."
Exodus 18:17
Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you are doing is not good.
Exodus 18:18
"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.
Exodus 18:19
"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,
Exodus 18:20
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.
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