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Exodus 18 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Exo 18:1

Exo 18:1Now Yitro, the Kohen of Midyan, Moshe's father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moshe, and for Yisra'el his people, how that the LORD had brought Yisra'el out of Mitzrayim.

Exo 18:2

Exo 18:2Yitro, Moshe's father-in-law, received Tzipporah, Moshe's wife, after he had sent her away,

Exo 18:3

Exo 18:3and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moshe said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".

Exo 18:4

Exo 18:4The name of the other was Eli`ezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Par`oh's sword."

Exo 18:5

Exo 18:5Yitro, Moshe's father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moshe into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.

Exo 18:6

Exo 18:6He said to Moshe, I, your father-in-law Yitro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.

Exo 18:7

Exo 18:7Moshe 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.

Exo 18:8

Exo 18:8Moshe told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Par`oh and to the Mitzrim for Yisra'el's sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

Exo 18:9

Exo 18:9Yitro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Yisra'el, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Mitzrim.

Exo 18:10

Exo 18:10Yitro said, "Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Mitzrim, and out of the hand of Par`oh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Mitzrim.

Exo 18:11

Exo 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."

Exo 18:12

Exo 18:12Yitro, Moshe's father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aharon came with all of the Zakenim of Yisra'el, to eat bread with Moshe's father-in-law before God.

Exo 18:13

Exo 18:13It happened on the next day, that Moshe sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moshe from the morning to the evening.

Exo 18:14

Exo 18:14When Moshe's 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?"

Exo 18:15

Exo 18:15Moshe said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

Exo 18:16

Exo 18:16When 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."

Jethro Counsels Moses

Exo 18:17

Exo 18:17Moshe's father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.

Exo 18:18

Exo 18:18You 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.

Exo 18:19

Exo 18:19Listen 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.

Exo 18:20

Exo 18:20You 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.

Exo 18:21

Exo 18:21Moreover 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.

Exo 18:22

Exo 18:22Let 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.

Exo 18:23

Exo 18:23If 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 shalom."

Exo 18:24

Exo 18:24So Moshe listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

Exo 18:25

Exo 18:25Moshe chose able men out of all Yisra'el, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exo 18:26

Exo 18:26They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moshe, but every small matter they judged themselves.

Exo 18:27

Exo 18:27Moshe let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.
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