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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Moses told his father-in-law about everything the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel&#8217;s sake and about all the hardships they had met along the way and how the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had saved them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, &#8220;What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Moses answered him, &#8220;Because the people come to me to seek God&#8217;s will. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God&#8217;s decrees and instructions.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Moses&#8217; father-in-law replied, &#8220;What you are doing is not good. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people&#8217;s representative before God and bring their disputes to him. </span></span></div>
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