02:018:004 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:
02:018:005 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:
02:018:006 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in
law Jethro am come
unto
thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
02:018:007 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.
02:018:008 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.
02:018:009 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.
02:018:010 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.
02:018:011 Now I know that the lord is greater
than all gods: for in the
thing
wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
02:018:012 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.
02:018:013 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.
02:018:014 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?
02:018:015 And Moses said unto his father in law,
Because the people come
unto
me to enquire of God:
02:018:016 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.
02:018:017 And Moses’ father in law said unto
him, The thing that thou
doest
is not good.
02:018:018 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.
02:018:019 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:


