When Jethro,
the priest
of Midian,
Moses'
father in law,
heard
of all that God
had done
for Moses,
and for Israel
his people,
and that the LORD
had brought
Israel
out of Egypt;
Iothor
Ιοθορ
iothor
in-law
γαμβρὸς
gambros
Then Jethro,
Moses'
father in law,
took
Zipporah,
Moses'
wife,
after
he had sent her back,
And her two
sons;
of which the name
of the one
was Gershom;
for he said,
I have been an alien
in a strange
land:
And the name
of the other
was Eliezer;
for the God
of my father,
said he, was mine help,
and delivered
me from the sword
of Pharaoh:
And Jethro,
Moses'
father in law,
came
with his sons
and his wife
unto Moses
into the wilderness,
where he encamped
at the mount
of God:
Iothor
Ιοθορ
iothor
in-law
γαμβρὸς
gambros
And he said
unto Moses,
I thy father in law
Jethro
am come
unto thee, and thy wife,
and her two
sons
with her.
And Moses
went out
to meet
his father in law,
and did obeisance,
and kissed
him; and they asked
each
other
of their welfare;
and they came
into the tent.
in-law
γαμβρῷ
gambrō
And Moses
told
his father in law
all that the LORD
had done
unto Pharaoh
and to the Egyptians
for Israel's
sake,
and all the travail
that had come
upon them by the way,
and how the LORD
delivered
them.
in-law
γαμβρῷ
gambrō
And Jethro
rejoiced
for all the goodness
which the LORD
had done
to Israel,
whom he had delivered
out of the hand
of the Egyptians.
And Jethro
said,
Blessed
be the LORD,
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.
Now I know
that the LORD
is greater
than all gods:
for in the thing
wherein they dealt proudly
he was above them.
And Jethro,
Moses'
father in law,
took
a burnt offering
and sacrifices
for God:
and Aaron
came,
and all the elders
of Israel,
to eat
bread
with Moses'
father in law
before
God.
Iothor
Ιοθορ
iothor
in-law
γαμβρὸς
gambros
in-law
γαμβροῦ
gambrou
And it came to pass on the morrow,
that Moses
sat
to judge
the people:
and the people
stood
by Moses
from the morning
unto the evening.
from morning
πρωίθεν
prōithen
And when Moses'
father in law
saw
all that he did
to the people,
he said,
What is this thing
that thou doest
to the people?
why sittest
thou thyself alone, and all the people
stand
by thee from morning
unto even?
Iothor
Ιοθορ
iothor
from morning
πρωίθεν
prōithen
And Moses
said
unto his father in law,
Because the people
come
unto me to enquire
of God:
When they have a matter,
they come
unto me; and I judge
between one
and another,
and I do make them know
the statutes
of God,
and his laws.
ordinance
προστάγματα
prostagmata
And Moses'
father in law
said
unto him, The thing
that thou doest
is not good.
Thou wilt surely
wear away,
both thou, and this people
that is with thee: for this thing
is too heavy
for thee; thou art not able
to perform
it thyself alone.
unbearable
ἀνυπομονήτῳ
anypomonētō
Hearken
now unto my voice,
I will give thee counsel,
and God
shall be
with thee: Be thou for the people
to God-ward,
that thou mayest bring
the causes
unto God:
And thou shalt teach
them ordinances
and laws,
and shalt shew
them the way
wherein they must walk,
and the work
that they must do.
ordinance
προστάγματα
prostagmata
Moreover thou shalt provide
out of all the people
able
men,
such as fear
God,
men
of truth,
hating
covetousness;
and place
such over them, to be rulers
of thousands,
and rulers
of hundreds,
rulers
of fifties,
and rulers
of tens:
look carefully for
σκέψαι
skepsai
leader of a hundred
ἑκατοντάρχους
hekatontarchous
commander of fifty men
πεντηκοντάρχους
pentēkontarchous
commander of ten
δεκαδάρχους
dekadarchous
And let them judge
the people
at all seasons:
and it shall be, that every great
matter
they shall bring
unto thee, but every small
matter
they shall judge:
so shall it be easier
for thyself, and they shall bear
the burden with thee.
If thou shalt do
this thing,
and God
command
thee so, then thou shalt be able
to endure,
and all this people
shall also go
to their place
in peace.
So Moses
hearkened
to the voice
of his father in law,
and did
all that he had said.
And 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.
leader of a hundred
ἑκατοντάρχους
hekatontarchous
commander of fifty men
πεντηκοντάρχους
pentēkontarchous
commander of ten
δεκαδάρχους
dekadarchous
And they judged
the people
at all seasons:
the hard
causes
they brought
unto Moses,
but every small
matter
they judged
themselves.
And Moses
let his father in law
depart;
and he went
his way into his own land.
