18:1 Jethro,
the
priest
of
Midian,
Moses'
father-in-law,
heard
of
all
that
God
had
done
for
Moses
and
for
Israel
his
people,
how
the
LORD
had
brought
Israel
out
of
Egypt.
18:2 Now
Jethro,
Moses'
father-in-law,
had
taken
Zipporah,
Moses'
wife,
after
he
had
sent
her
home,
18:3 along
with
her
two
sons.
The
name
of
the
one
was
Gershom
(for
he
said,
"I
have
been
a
sojourner
in
a
foreign
land"),
18:4 and
the
name
of
the
other,
Eliezer
(for
he
said,
"The
God
of
my
father
was
my
help,
and
delivered
me
from
the
sword
of
Pharaoh").
18:5 Jethro,
Moses'
father-in-law,
came
with
his
sons
and
his
wife
to
Moses
in
the
wilderness
where
he
was
encamped
at
the
mountain
of
God.
18:6 And
when
he
sent
word
to
Moses,
"I,
your
father-in-law
Jethro,
am
coming
to
you
with
your
wife
and
her
two
sons
with
her,"
18:7 Moses
went
out
to
meet
his
father-in-law
and
bowed
down
and
kissed
him.
And
they
asked
each
other
of
their
welfare
and
went
into
the
tent.
18:8 Then
Moses
told
his
father-in-law
all
that
the
LORD
had
done
to
Pharaoh
and
to
the
Egyptians
for
Israel's
sake,
all
the
hardship
that
had
come
upon
them
in
the
way,
and
how
the
LORD
had
delivered
them.
18:9 And
Jethro
rejoiced
for
all
the
good
that
the
LORD
had
done
to
Israel,
in
that
he
had
delivered
them
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians.
18:10 Jethro
said,
"Blessed
be
the
LORD,
who
has
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians
and
out
of
the
hand
of
Pharaoh
and
has
delivered
the
people
from
under
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians.
18:11 Now
I
know
that
the
LORD
is
greater
than
all
gods,
because
in
this
affair
they
dealt
arrogantly
with
the
people."
18:12 And
Jethro,
Moses'
father-in-law,
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
before
God.
18:13 The
next
day
Moses
sat
to
judge
the
people,
and
the
people
stood
around
Moses
from
morning
till
evening.
18:14 When
Moses'
father-in-law
saw
all
that
he
was
doing
for
the
people,
he
said,
"What
is
this
that
you
are
doing
for
the
people
Why
do
you
sit
alone,
and
all
the
people
stand
around
you
from
morning
till
evening"
18:15 And
Moses
said
to
his
father-in-law,
"Because
the
people
come
to
me
to
inquire
of
God;
18:16 when
they
have
a
dispute,
they
come
to
me
and
I
decide
between
one
person
and
another,
and
I
make
them
know
the
statutes
of
God
and
his
laws."
18:17 Moses'
father-in-law
said
to
him,
"What
you
are
doing
is
not
good.
18:18 You
and
the
people
with
you
will
certainly
wear
yourselves
out,
for
the
thing
is
too
heavy
for
you.
You
are
not
able
to
do
it
alone.
18:19 Now
obey
my
voice;
I
will
give
you
advice,
and
God
be
with
you!
You
shall
represent
the
people
before
God
and
bring
their
cases
to
God,
18:20 and
you
shall
warn
them
about
the
statutes
and
the
laws,
and
make
them
know
the
way
in
which
they
must
walk
and
what
they
must
do.
18:21 Moreover,
look
for
able
men
from
all
the
people,
men
who
fear
God,
who
are
trustworthy
and
hate
a
bribe,
and
place
such
men
over
the
people
as
chiefs
of
thousands,
of
hundreds,
of
fifties,
and
of
tens.
18:22 And
let
them
judge
the
people
at
all
times.
Every
great
matter
they
shall
bring
to
you,
but
any
small
matter
they
shall
decide
themselves.
So
it
will
be
easier
for
you,
and
they
will
bear
the
burden
with
you.
18:23 If
you
do
this,
God
will
direct
you,
you
will
be
able
to
endure,
and
all
this
people
also
will
go
to
their
place
in
peace."
18:24 So
Moses
listened
to
the
voice
of
his
father-in-law
and
did
all
that
he
had
said.
18:25 Moses
chose
able
men
out
of
all
Israel
and
made
them
heads
over
the
people,
chiefs
of
thousands,
of
hundreds,
of
fifties,
and
of
tens.
18:26 And
they
judged
the
people
at
all
times.
Any
hard
case
they
brought
to
Moses,
but
any
small
matter
they
decided
themselves.
18:27 Then
Moses
let
his
father-in-law
depart,
and
he
went
away
to
his
own
country.