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Exodus 18

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1When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;

2Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

3And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

4And 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:

5And 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:

6And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

7And 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.

8And 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.

9And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

10And 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.

11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

12And 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.

13And 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.

14And 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?

15And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

16When 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.

17And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

18Thou 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.

19Hearken 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:

20And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

22And 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: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

23If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

24So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

25And 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.

26And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

27And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אֵתʼêthH85324× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • מֹשֶׁהMôshehH487220× in this chapter

    Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver

  • כֹּלkôlH360517× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83416× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • עַםʻamH597115× in this chapter

    a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

  • חָתַןchâthanH285913× in this chapter

    to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH43013× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • דָּבָרdâbârH169711× in this chapter

    a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

  • אֵלʼêlH41311× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH621310× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • בּוֹאbôwʼH93510× in this chapter

    to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

  • עַלʻalH59219× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • כִּיkîyH35888× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • שַׂרsarH82698× in this chapter

    a head person (of any rank or class)

  • יִתְרוֹYithrôwH35037× in this chapter

    Jethro, Moses' father-in-law

  • אָמַרʼâmarH5597× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • אַתָּהʼattâhH8597× in this chapter

    thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19616× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30686× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34786× in this chapter

    Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

  • שָׁפַטshâphaṭH81996× in this chapter

    to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)

  • מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimH47145× in this chapter

    Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

  • נָצַלnâtsalH53375× in this chapter

    to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

  • זֶהzehH20884× in this chapter

    the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

  • יָדyâdH30274× in this chapter

    a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

  • עִםʻimH59734× in this chapter

    adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)

  • בֵּןbênH11213× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • גַּםgamH15713× in this chapter

    properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

  • יָדַעyâdaʻH30453× in this chapter

    to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

  • מִןminH44803× in this chapter

    properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

  • אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwshH5823× in this chapter

    a man in general (singly or collectively)

  • פַּרְעֹהParʻôhH65473× in this chapter

    Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings

  • אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8023× in this chapter

    a woman

  • שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80853× in this chapter

    to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

  • בֹּקֶרbôqerH12422× in this chapter

    properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

  • גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14192× in this chapter

    great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

  • דֶּרֶךְderekH18702× in this chapter

    a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

  • הוּאhûwʼH19312× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • הָלַךְhâlakH19802× in this chapter

    to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

  • הֵםhêmH19922× in this chapter

    they (only used when emphatic)

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