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 can I bear the burden of you and your bickering all by myself? Choose for yourselves wise and discerning men, known to your tribes, and appoint them as your leaders. You answered by saying that this plan is a good thing. So I chose leaders from your tribes, wise and respected men, and I appointed them over you commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. I charged your judges at that time, "When you hold a hearing between brothers, judge fairly between a man and his brother or between foreigners. When you hold a hearing, don't be partial in judgment toward the least important or toward the great. Never fear men, because judgment belongs to God. If the matter is difficult for you, bring it to me for a hearing.'
Jethro » Moses spent forty years of exile with, and married his daughter
When they returned to their father Reuel, he asked, "Why have you returned so quickly today?" "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds," they replied, "and he even drew water for us and watered the sheep!" "Then where is he?" He asked his daughters. "Why did you leave the man behind? Go invite him to have something to eat." Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, because he used to say, "I became an alien in a foreign land."
Praise » Exemplified » Jethro
Priest » Before moses » Jethro
Prudence » Exemplified » Jethro
They are to judge the people at all times. Let them bring every major matter to you, but let them judge every minor matter. It will lighten your burden, and they'll bear it with you. If you do this, and God so commands you, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will also go to their homes in peace."