Jethro in the Bible
Meaning: his excellence; his posterity
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And Moses was a shepherd with the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the west [of] the desert, and he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
And Moses went, and he returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and he said to him, "Please let me go, and let me return to my brothers who [are] in Egypt, and let me see whether they [are] yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
And Jethro, the priest of Midian, the father-in-law of Moses, heard all that God had done for Moses and for Israel, his people, that Yahweh had brought Israel out from Egypt.
And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah the wife of Moses after her sending away,
And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, came and his sons and his wife to Moses, to the desert where he was camping there [at] the mountain of God.
And he said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, [am] coming to you and your wife and her two sons with her."
And Jethro rejoiced over all the good that Yahweh had done for Israel when he delivered them from the hand of Egypt.
And Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharaoh--who has delivered the people from under the hand of Egypt.
And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
And Moses will hear to the voice of Jethro, and will do all that he said.
Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and so Jethro went to his own land.
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Heathen » Instances of » Jethro
Israel » Organization » Government » Jethro
'How,' said I, 'can I myself alone bear the cumbrance, charge, and strife that is among you? Bring therefore men of wisdom and of understanding and expert, known among your tribes, that I may make them rulers over you.' And ye answered me, and said, 'That which thou hast spoken is good to be done.' And then I took the heads of your tribes, men of wisdom and that were expert, and made them rulers over you: captains over thousands and over hundreds, over fifty and over ten, and officers among your tribes. And I charged your judges the same time, saying, 'Hear your brethren and judge righteously between every man and his brother and the stranger that is with him. See that ye know no man in judgment: but hear the small as well as the great and be afraid of no man, for the judgment is God's. And the cause that is too hard for you, bring unto me and I will hear it.'
Jethro » Moses spent forty years of exile with, and married his daughter
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, "How happeneth it that ye are come so soon today?" And they answered, "There was an Egyptian that delivered us from the shepherds, and so drew us water and watered the sheep." And he said unto his daughters, "Where is he? Why have ye left the man? Go call him that he may eat bread." And Moses was content to dwell with the man. And he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter which bare a son, and he called him Gershom: for he said, "I have been a stranger in a strange land." And she bare yet another son, whom he called Eliezer saying, "The God of my father is mine helper, and hath rid me out of the hands of Pharaoh."
Praise » Exemplified » Jethro
Priest » Before moses » Jethro
Prudence » Exemplified » Jethro
And let them judge the people at all seasons: If there be any great matter, let them bring that unto thee, and let them judge all small causes them selves, and ease thyself, and let them bear with thee. If thou shalt do this thing, then thou shalt be able to endure that which God chargeth thee with all, and all this people shall go to their places quietly."