Thematic Bible: Jethro
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and Moses chose men of ability out of all Israel, and set them to be heads over the people, - rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
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So spake unto you, at that time saying, I am unable, by myself, to carry you. Yahweh your God hath multiplied you, and here ye are to-day, like the stars of the heavens for multitude. Yahweh, the God of your fathers, be adding unto you the like of you, a thousand times, - and bless you, as he hath spoken unto you! read more.
How should I carry by myself the fatigue of you and the burden of you and your controversies? Set forth for you - men wise and discerning, and known to your tribes, - that I may appoint them to be heads over you. And ye answered me, - and said, Good, is the word which thou hast spoken to be done. So I took heads for your tribes wise men and known, and placed them as heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers for your tribes. And I charged your judges, at that time, saying, - Ye are to hear between your brethren and shall judge righteously, between each magi and his brother and his sojourner. Ye shall not take note of faces in judgment - so the small as the great, shall ye hear, ye shall not shrink from the face of any man, for judgment, unto God, belongeth, - but the thing which is too hard for you, shall ye bring near unto me, and I will hear it.
How should I carry by myself the fatigue of you and the burden of you and your controversies? Set forth for you - men wise and discerning, and known to your tribes, - that I may appoint them to be heads over you. And ye answered me, - and said, Good, is the word which thou hast spoken to be done. So I took heads for your tribes wise men and known, and placed them as heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers for your tribes. And I charged your judges, at that time, saying, - Ye are to hear between your brethren and shall judge righteously, between each magi and his brother and his sojourner. Ye shall not take note of faces in judgment - so the small as the great, shall ye hear, ye shall not shrink from the face of any man, for judgment, unto God, belongeth, - but the thing which is too hard for you, shall ye bring near unto me, and I will hear it.
Jethro » Moses spent forty years of exile with, and married his daughter
Then said Moses to Hobab, son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses: Setting forward, are we unto the place of which Yahweh hath said, The same, will I give unto you, - Oh come with us and we will do thee good, for, Yahweh, hath spoken good, concerning Israel.
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So Moses went and returned unto Jethro his father-in-law and said to him - Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren who are in Egypt, that I my see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses: Go and prosper.
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Now, Moses, was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law priest of Midian, - so he led forth the flock behind the desert, and came in unto the mountain of God to Horeb.
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So Pharaoh heard this thing, and sought to slay Moses, - and Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian and sat down by the well. Now, the priest of Midian, had seven daughters, - and they came and drew and filled the troughs, to water their fathers flock. Then came the shepherds, and drave them away, - so Moses rose up, and succoured them, and watered their flock, read more.
Then came they in unto Reuel their father, - and he said, Wherefore have ye so early come in to-day? And they said, An Egyptian, delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, - Moreover also he drew, for us, and watered the flock. And he said unto his daughters - And where is he? wherefore is it that ye left the man? Call him that he may eat bread. And Moses was well-pleased to dwell with the man, - and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom, - for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.
Then came they in unto Reuel their father, - and he said, Wherefore have ye so early come in to-day? And they said, An Egyptian, delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, - Moreover also he drew, for us, and watered the flock. And he said unto his daughters - And where is he? wherefore is it that ye left the man? Call him that he may eat bread. And Moses was well-pleased to dwell with the man, - and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom, - for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.
Praise » Exemplified » Jethro
And Jethro said - Blessed be Yahweh, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, - Who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians:
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Priest » Before moses » Jethro
Now, the priest of Midian, had seven daughters, - and they came and drew and filled the troughs, to water their fathers flock.
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Prudence » Exemplified » Jethro
Now, hearken thou to my voice - let me counsel thee, and may God be with thee: Be, thou, for the people, in front of God, so shalt, thou, bring the matters unto God; and shalt cause to shine upon them, the statutes and the laws, - and make known to them the way wherein they should go, and the work they should do. Thou thyself, therefore shalt look out, from among all the people - men of ability, reverers of God, men of fidelity, haters of extortion, - and place them over them as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. read more.
So shall they judge the people at any time, and it shall be, all the great matters, shall they bring in unto thee, but all the small matters, shall, they themselves, judge, - so, lighten thou the burden for thyself, and let them bear it with thee. If, this thing, thou wilt do, and God shall command thee, then shalt thou be able to endure, - yea, moreover, all this people, shall go in, unto their dwellings, contented.
So shall they judge the people at any time, and it shall be, all the great matters, shall they bring in unto thee, but all the small matters, shall, they themselves, judge, - so, lighten thou the burden for thyself, and let them bear it with thee. If, this thing, thou wilt do, and God shall command thee, then shalt thou be able to endure, - yea, moreover, all this people, shall go in, unto their dwellings, contented.
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » Jethro
Then took Jethro father-in-law of Moses, an ascending-offering and sacrifices to God, - and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came in to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
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