1
H3503
When Jethro
H3548
, the priest
H4080
of Midian
H4872
, Moses
H2859 [H8802]
' father in law
H8085 [H8799]
, heard
H430
of all that God
H6213 [H8804]
had done
H4872
for Moses
H3478
, and for Israel
H5971
his people
H3068
, and that the LORD
H3318 [H8689]
had brought
H3478
Israel
H4714
out of Egypt;
2
H3503
Then Jethro
H4872
, Moses
H2859 [H8802]
' father in law
H3947 [H8799]
, took
H6855
Zipporah
H4872
, Moses
H802
' wife
H310
, after
H7964
he had sent her back,
3
H8147
And her two
H1121
sons
H8034
; of which the name
H259
of the one
H1647
was Gershom
H559 [H8804]
; for he said
H1616
, I have been an alien
H5237
in a strange
H776
land:
4
H8034
And the name
H259
of the other
H461
was Eliezer
H430
; for the God
H1
of my father
H5828
, said he, was my help
H5337 [H8686]
, and delivered
H2719
me from the sword
H6547
of Pharaoh:
5
H3503
And Jethro
H4872
, Moses
H2859 [H8802]
' father in law
H935 [H8799]
, came
H1121
with his sons
H802
and his wife
H4872
to Moses
H4057
into the wilderness
H2583 [H8802]
, where he encamped
H2022
at the mount
H430
of God:
6
H559 [H8799]
And he said
H4872
to Moses
H2859 [H8802]
, I thy father in law
H3503
Jethro
H935 [H8802]
have come
H802
to thee, and thy wife
H8147
, and her two
H1121
sons with her.
7
H4872
And Moses
H3318 [H8799]
went out
H7125 [H8800]
to meet
H2859 [H8802]
his father in law
H7812 [H8691]
, and did obeisance
H5401 [H8799]
, and kissed
H7592 [H8799]
him; and they asked
H376
each
H7453
other
H7965
of their welfare
H935 [H8799]
; and they came
H168
into the tent.
8
H4872
And Moses
H5608 [H8762]
told
H2859 [H8802]
his father in law
H3068
all that the LORD
H6213 [H8804]
had done
H6547
to Pharaoh
H4714
and to the Egyptians
H3478
for Israel's
H182
sake
H8513
, and all the travail
H4672 [H8804]
that had come
H1870
upon them by the way
H3068
, and how the LORD
H5337 [H8686]
delivered them.
9
H3503
And Jethro
H2302 [H8799]
rejoiced
H2896
for all the goodness
H3068
which the LORD
H6213 [H8804]
had done
H3478
to Israel
H5337 [H8689]
, whom he had delivered
H3027
out of the hand
H4714
of the Egyptians.
10
H3503
And Jethro
H559 [H8799]
said
H1288 [H8803]
, Blessed
H3068
be the LORD
H5337 [H8689]
, who hath delivered
H3027
you out of the hand
H4714
of the Egyptians
H3027
, and out of the hand
H6547
of Pharaoh
H5337 [H8689]
, who hath delivered
H5971
the people
H3027
from under the hand
H4714
of the Egyptians.
11
H3045 [H8804]
Now I know
H3068
that the LORD
H1419
is greater
H430
than all gods
H1697
: for in the thing
H2102 [H8804]
in which they dealt proudly he was above them.
12
H3503
And Jethro
H4872
, Moses
H2859 [H8802]
' father in law
H3947 [H8799]
, took
H5930
a burnt offering
H2077
and sacrifices
H430
for God
H175
: and Aaron
H935 [H8799]
came
H2205
, and all the elders
H3478
of Israel
H398 [H8800]
, to eat
H3899
bread
H4872
with Moses
H2859 [H8802]
' father in law
H6440
before
H430
God.
13
H4283
And it came to pass on the next day
H4872
, that Moses
H3427 [H8799]
sat
H8199 [H8800]
to judge
H5971
the people
H5971
: and the people
H5975 [H8799]
stood
H4872
by Moses
H1242
from the morning
H6153
to the evening.
14
H4872
And when Moses
H2859 [H8802]
' father in law
H7200 [H8799]
saw
H6213 [H8802]
all that he did
H5971
to the people
H559 [H8799]
, he said
H1697
, What is this thing
H6213 [H8802]
that thou doest
H5971
to the people
H3427 [H8802]
? why sittest
H5971
thou thyself alone, and all the people
H5324 [H8737]
stand
H1242
by thee from morning
H6153
to evening?
15
H4872
And Moses
H559 [H8799]
said
H2859 [H8802]
to his father in law
H5971
, Because the people
H935 [H8799]
come
H1875 [H8800]
to me to enquire
H430
of God:
16
H1697
When they have a matter
H935 [H8802]
, they come
H8199 [H8804]
to me; and I judge
H376
between one
H7453
and another
H3045 [H8689]
, and I make them know
H2706
the statutes
H430
of God
H8451
, and his laws.
17
H4872
And Moses
H2859 [H8802]
' father in law
H559 [H8799]
said
H1697
to him, The thing
H6213 [H8802]
that thou doest
H2896
is not good.
18
H5034 [H8800]
Thou wilt surely
H5034 [H8799]
wear away
H5971
, both thou, and this people
H1697
that is with thee: for this thing
H3515
is too heavy
H3201 [H8799]
for thee; thou art not able
H6213 [H8800]
to perform it thyself alone.
19
H8085 [H8798]
Hearken
H6963
now to my voice
H3289 [H8799]
, I will give thee counsel
H430
, and God
H1961 [H8798]
shall be
H5971
with thee: Be thou for the people
H4136 H430
toward God
H935 [H8689]
, that thou mayest bring
H1697
the causes
H430
to God:
20
H2094 H853 [H8689]
And thou shalt teach
H2706
them ordinances
H8451
and laws
H3045 [H8689]
, and shalt show
H1870
them the way
H3212 [H8799]
in which they must walk
H4639
, and the work
H6213 [H8799]
that they must do.
21
H2372 [H8799]
Moreover thou shalt provide
H5971
out of all the people
H2428
able
H582
men
H3373
, such as fear
H430
God
H582
, men
H571
of truth
H8130 [H8802]
, hating
H1215
covetousness
H7760 [H8804]
; and place
H8269
such over them, to be rulers
H505
of thousands
H8269
, and rulers
H3967
of hundreds
H8269
, rulers
H2572
of fifties
H8269
, and rulers
H6235
of tens:
22
H8199 [H8804]
And let them judge
H5971
the people
H6256
at all seasons
H1419
: and it shall be, that every great
H1697
matter
H935 [H8686]
they shall bring
H6996
to thee, but every small
H1697
matter
H8199 [H8799]
they shall judge
H7043 [H8685]
: so shall it be easier
H5375 [H8804]
for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
23
H6213 [H8799]
If thou shalt do
H1697
this thing
H430
, and God
H6680 [H8765]
command
H3201 [H8804]
thee so, then thou shalt be able
H5975 [H8800]
to endure
H5971
, and all this people
H935 [H8799]
shall also go
H4725
to their place
H7965
in peace.
24
H4872
So Moses
H8085 [H8799]
hearkened
H6963
to the voice
H2859 [H8802]
of his father in law
H6213 [H8799]
, and did
H559 [H8804]
all that he had said.
25
H4872
And Moses
H977 [H8799]
chose
H2428
able
H582
men
H3478
out of all Israel
H5414 [H8799]
, and made
H7218
them heads
H5971
over the people
H8269
, rulers
H505
of thousands
H8269
, rulers
H3967
of hundreds
H8269
, rulers
H2572
of fifties
H8269
, and rulers
H6235
of tens.