Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Now Moses’
father-in-law
Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about
all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel
, and
how the
LORD
had brought Israel out of Egypt.
Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses'
father-in-law,
heard of
all that God had done for Moses ,
and for
Israel
his people, how that
Yahweh
had brought Israel out of Egypt.
After
Moses
had
sent
back
his
wife
Zipporah
, his
father-in-law Jethro
had
received her,
Jethro
, Moses'
father-in-law ,
received Zipporah,
Moses'
wife,
after
he
had
sent
her away
,
along
with
her two sons. One son was named
Gershom, for Moses had
said, “
I have been
a foreigner in a foreign land. ”
and
her two sons. The
name
of
one son was Gershom, for Moses said, "
I have lived
as
a foreigner in a foreign land "
.
The other son
was named
Eliezer, for Moses
had
said, “The
God
of
my father
was my helper
and delivered me from the
sword of
Pharaoh
. ”
The name
of
the
other was Eliezer, for he
said, "
My father's
God
was my help
and delivered me from Pharaoh's
sword. "
Moses ’
father-in-law Jethro
, along
with Moses’
wife
and
sons ,
came
to him
in
the desert,
where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
Jethro,
Moses '
father-in-law, came
with his
sons and
his
wife
to Moses
into
the wilderness
where he was encamped ,
at the Mountain of God.
He sent
word
to Moses, “
I, your father-in-law Jethro, am
coming
to you with your wife and her two sons. ”
He said
to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, have
come
to you with your wife ,
and her two sons with
her
.
So
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down
and kissed him. They greeted
each other and went
into the tent.
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law ,
and bowed and kissed him. They asked
each other of
their
welfare,
and they
came
into the tent.
Then
Moses recounted
to
his father-in-law all that the
LORD
had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s
sake, all the hardships they
had encountered
along
the way, and how the
LORD
had
delivered them.
Moses told
his father-in-law all that Yahweh
had done to Pharaoh and to
the Egyptians for Israel's
sake, all the hardships that
had come
on
them
on
the way, and how Yahweh
delivered them.
And
Jethro rejoiced over
all the good
things
the
LORD
had done for
Israel, whom
He had rescued
from
the hand of the Egyptians.
Jethro rejoiced for
all the goodness
which
Yahweh
had done to
Israel, in
that
he had delivered
them
out
of
the hand of the Egyptians.
Jethro declared
, “
Blessed be the
LORD
, who has delivered you from
the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh ,
and
who has delivered the people from the hand of the Egyptians.
Jethro said
, "
Blessed be Yahweh
, who has delivered you out
of
the hand of the Egyptians ,
and out
of the
hand
of
Pharaoh ;
who has delivered the people from under
the hand of the Egyptians.
Now I know that the
LORD
is greater than all other
gods ,
for
He
did
this
when
they treated
Israel
with
arrogance
. ”
Now I know that Yahweh
is greater than all gods because
of
the
thing
in
which
they dealt
arrogantly
against
them
. "
Then
Moses ’
father-in-law Jethro
brought
a burnt offering and sacrifices to
God ,
and
Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses ’
father-in-law in
the
presence
of
God.
Jethro,
Moses '
father-in-law ,
took
a burnt offering and sacrifices for
God .
Aaron came with all of
the elders of Israel ,
to eat bread with Moses '
father-in-law before
God.
The next day Moses took
his
seat
to judge the people, and they
stood around him
from morning until
evening.
It
happened
on
the next day ,
that
Moses sat
to judge the people, and the
people
stood around Moses
from the
morning to
the
evening.
When his
father-in-law saw all that Moses
was
doing
for
the people, he asked
, “
What is this that you are
doing
for the people? Why do you sit alone as
judge
, with
all the people standing
around you from morning till
evening? ”
When Moses'
father-in-law saw all that he
did
to
the people, he said
, "
What is this thing
that you do
for the people? Why do you sit alone, and
all the people stand
around you from morning to
evening? "
“
Because the people come to me to inquire of God ,”
Moses
replied
.
Moses
said
to
his
father-in-law,
"
Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
“Whenever
they have a dispute
, it
is
brought
to me to
judge between one
man and another
, and I make known
to
them the statutes and
laws
of God. ”
When
they have a matter
, they
come
to me ,
and
I
judge between a
man and his
neighbor
, and I make them know
the statutes of God ,
and
his
laws
. "
But
Moses ’
father-in-law said to him, “What
you are
doing
is not good.
Moses '
father-in-law said to him, "The
thing
that
you do
is not good.
Surely you and these
people with you will
wear
yourselves
out,
because
the task
is too heavy for you. You cannot
handle
it alone.
You
will
surely wear
away,
both
you ,
and this
people that
is
with you ;
for
the thing
is too heavy for you. You are
not
able
to
perform
it yourself
alone.
Now
listen to me;
I will give you some
advice
, and may
God be with you. You must
be
the people’s
representative
before God and bring their
causes to Him
.
Listen now
to my
voice.
I will give you counsel
, and God be with you. You represent
the people
before God ,
and bring the
causes to God
.
Teach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to
live
and the work they must do.
You
shall
teach them the statutes and the
laws, and shall
show them the way in
which
they
must
walk,
and the work that
they must do.
Furthermore,
select
capable
men
from
among
the people —God-fearing
, trustworthy
men who
are
averse
to
dishonest
gain .
Appoint
them
over the
people
as
leaders
of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
Moreover
you
shall
provide
out
of
all
the people able
men
, such
as
fear
God:
men of
truth,
hating
unjust
gain ;
and
place
such
over them,
to
be
rulers
of thousands, rulers
of hundreds, rulers
of fifties, and rulers
of tens.
Have
these
men
judge the people at all times. Then
they can
bring you any
major
issue
, but all
minor
cases
they can
judge on
their
own,
so that
your
load
may
be lightened
as
they share it
with you.
Let
them
judge the people at all times. It
shall
be
that
every
great
matter
they shall
bring to
you, but every
small
matter
they shall
judge themselves.
So shall
it
be easier
for
you,
and
they shall
share the
load
with you.
If you follow
this advice
and God so
directs
you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can
go home
in peace. ”
If you will
do
this thing,
and God commands
you so
, then you will be able to endure, and all of
these people also
will
go to
their
place
in peace. "
Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything
he said.
So
Moses listened to the
voice
of
his father-in-law ,
and did all
that
he had
said.
So
Moses chose capable
men from
all Israel and made them heads over the people as
leaders
of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
Moses chose able
men out
of
all Israel ,
and made them heads over the people ,
rulers
of thousands, rulers
of hundreds, rulers
of fifties, and rulers
of tens.
And
they judged the people at all times ;
they would
bring
the difficult
cases
to Moses, but any
minor
issue
they would
judge
themselves.
They judged the people at all times .
They brought
the hard
causes
to Moses, but every
small
matter
they judged
themselves.
Then
Moses sent
his father-in-law on
his
way
, and Jethro
returned
to
his own land.
Moses let
his father-in-law depart
, and he
went
his way
into
his
own land.
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