GOD in the Old Testament - Exodus - Part 10

Exodus 18:1-6

    Now Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

    After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her and her two sons. One son was named Gershom ("a foreigner there"), for Moses said, "I have become a foreigner in a foreign land"; and the other was named Eliezer ("my God is helper"), for he said, "My father's God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh."

    Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, together with Moses' sons and wife, came to him in the wilderness, where he was camped near the mountain of God. Jethro had sent word to him, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons."

 

Exodus 18:9-12  

    Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the LORD had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. He said, "Praise be to the LORD, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly." Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God. 

 

Exodus 18:15-16  

    Moses answered him, "Because the people come to me to seek God's will. Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God's decrees and instructions."

 

Exodus 18:19  

"Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to him."

 

Exodus 18:21  

"But select capable men from all the people--men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain--and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens."

 

Exodus 18:23  

"If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied." 

 (see all Exodus 18)

  

(parentheses are mine) 

 

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