Book 02 : TORAH - SHEMOT (EXODUS) - Chapter 018
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Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law,
heard of all that G-d had done for Moses, and for Israel His people, how that
HaShem had brought Israel out of Egypt
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And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses'
wife, after he had sent her away
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and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom;
for he said: 'I have been a stranger in a strange land'
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and the name of the other was Eliezer: 'for the G-d of my
father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
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And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and
his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of
G-d
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and he said unto Moses: 'I thy father-in-law Jethro am
coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.'
And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down and kissed him; and
they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent
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And Moses told his father-in-law all that HaShem had done
unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the travail that had
come upon them by the way, and how HaShem delivered them
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And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which HaShem had
done to Israel, in that He had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians
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And Jethro said: 'Blessed be HaShem, 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
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Now I know that HaShem is greater than all gods; yea, for
that they dealt proudly against them.
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And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering
and sacrifices for G-d; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat
bread with Moses' father-in-law before G-d. 
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pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood
about Moses from the morning unto the evening
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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 about thee from morning unto even?
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And Moses said unto his father-in-law: 'Because the people
come unto me to inquire of G-d
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when they have a matter, it cometh unto me; and I judge
between a man and his neighbour, and I make them know the statutes of G-d, and
His laws.
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And Moses' father-in-law said unto him: 'The thing that
thou doest is not good
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Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people
that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to
perform it thyself alone
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Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and
G-d be with thee: be thou for the people before G-d, and bring thou the causes
unto G-d
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And thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and
shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do
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Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able
men, such as fear G-d, 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
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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 themselves; so shall they make it easier for thee and bear the
burden with thee
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If thou shalt do this thing, and G-d command thee so, then
thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people also shall go to their place
in peace.
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So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and
did all that he had said
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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
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And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes
they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves
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And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his
way into his own land
Book 02 : TORAH - SHEMOT (EXODUS) - Chapter 018
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