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Themes in Exodus 18
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Themes in Exodus 18

Exodus 18:1

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.

Exodus 18:2

And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah the wife of Moses after her sending away,

Exodus 18:3

and her two sons--the one whose name [was] Gershom, for he had said, "I have been an alien in a foreign land,"

Exodus 18:4

and the one [whose] name [was] Eliezer, for "the God of my father [was] my help, and he delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."

Exodus 18:5

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.

Exodus 18:6

And he said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, [am] coming to you and your wife and her two sons with her."

Exodus 18:7

And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed, and he kissed him, and {they each asked about the other's welfare}, and they came into the tent.

Exodus 18:8

And Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt on account of Israel, all the hardship that had found them on the way, and [how] Yahweh delivered them.

Exodus 18:9

And Jethro rejoiced over all the good that Yahweh had done for Israel when he delivered them from the hand of Egypt.

Exodus 18:10

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.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all the gods, {even in the matter where they the Egyptians dealt arrogantly against the Israelites}."

Exodus 18:12

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.

Exodus 18:13

{And} the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood before Moses from the morning until the evening.

Exodus 18:14

And the father-in-law of Moses saw all that he was doing for the people, and he said, "What [is] this thing that you [are] doing for the people? Why [are] you sitting alone and all the people [are] standing by you from morning until evening?"

Exodus 18:15

And Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to seek God.

Exodus 18:16

When {they have an issue}, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make known God's rule and his instructions."

Exodus 18:17

And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, "The thing that you are doing is not good.

Exodus 18:18

Surely you will wear out, both you and this people who [are] with you, because the thing [is too] {difficult} for you. You are not able to do it alone.

Exodus 18:19

Now listen to my voice; I will advise you, and may God be with you. You be for the people before God, and you bring the issues to God.

Exodus 18:20

And you warn them [of] the rules and the instructions, and you make known to them the way in which they must walk and the work that they must do.

Exodus 18:21

And you will select from all the people men of ability, fearers of God, trustworthy men, haters of [dishonest] gain, and you will appoint [such men] over them [as] commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, and commanders of tens.

Exodus 18:22

And let them judge the people all the time, {and} every major issue they will bring to you, and every minor issue they will judge themselves. And [so] lighten [it] for yourself, and they will bear [it] with you.

Exodus 18:23

If you will do this thing and God will command you, [then] you will be able to endure, and also each of the people will go to his home in peace."

Exodus 18:24

And Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and he did all that he had said.

Exodus 18:25

And Moses chose men of ability from all Israel, and he appointed them [as] heads over the people, [as] commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, and commanders of tens.

Exodus 18:26

And they judged the people all the time; the difficult issues they would bring to Moses, and every minor issue they would judge themselves.

Exodus 18:27

And Moses let his father-in-law go, and he went to his land.
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