Exodus 18
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Exodus 18
Jethro’s Advice
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Ex 2.16; 3.1 Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’s father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. 2#Ex 4.25After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back, 3#Ex 2.22; Acts 7.29along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom#18.3 In Heb Gershom resembles the word for alien (for he had said, “I have been an alien in a foreign land”), 4and the name of the other was Eliezer#18.4 That is, my God helps (for he had said, “The God of my father was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”). 5#Ex 3.1, 12Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, along with Moses’s sons and wife, came into the wilderness where Moses was encamped at the mountain of God. 6He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, with your wife and her two sons.” 7#Gen 43.26–28So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law; he bowed down and kissed him; each asked after the other’s welfare, and they went into the tent. 8#Ps 81.7Then Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had found them on the way, and how the Lord had delivered them. 9Jethro rejoiced for all the good that the Lord had done to Israel, in delivering them from the Egyptians.
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Ps 68.19, 20 Jethro said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has delivered you from the Egyptians and from Pharaoh. 11#Ex 12.12; 15.11; 1 Sam 2.3Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he delivered the people from the Egyptians,#18.11 The clause because…Egyptians has been transposed from verse 10 when they dealt arrogantly with them.” 12And Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’s father-in-law in the presence of God.
13The next day Moses sat as judge for the people, while the people stood around him from morning until evening. 14When Moses’s father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening?” 15#Num 9.8; Deut 17.8–13Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God. 16When they have a dispute, they come to me, and I decide between one person and another, and I make known to them the statutes and instructions of God.” 17Moses’s father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good. 18#Num 11.14, 17You will surely wear yourself out, both you and these people with you, for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone. 19#Ex 3.12; Num 27.5Now listen to me. I will give you counsel, and God be with you! You should represent the people before God and bring their cases to God. 20#Deut 1.18Teach them the statutes and instructions and make known to them the way they are to go and the things they are to do. 21#v 25; Deut 1.13, 15You should also look for able men among all the people, men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain; set them as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. 22#Num 11.17; Deut 1.17, 18Let them sit as judges for the people at all times; let them bring every important case to you but decide every minor case themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you. 23If you do this and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will go to their homes in peace.”
24So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did all that he had said. 25#Deut 1.15Moses chose able men from all Israel and appointed them as heads over the people, as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. 26#v 22And they judged the people at all times; hard cases they brought to Moses, but any minor case they decided themselves. 27#Num 10.29, 30Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went off to his own country.
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Exodus 18: NRSVUE
គំនូសចំណាំ
ចែករំលែក
ចម្លង
ចង់ឱ្យគំនូសពណ៌ដែលបានរក្សាទុករបស់អ្នក មាននៅលើគ្រប់ឧបករណ៍ទាំងអស់មែនទេ? ចុះឈ្មោះប្រើ ឬចុះឈ្មោះចូល
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