Verse 15
Exodus 18:15
Young's Literal Translation
15
And Moses saith to his father-in-law, 'Because the people come unto me to seek God (Elohim);
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה לְ/חֹתְנ֑/וֹ כִּֽי יָבֹ֥א אֵלַ֛/י הָ/עָ֖ם לִ/דְרֹ֥שׁ אֱלֹהִֽים
English Translation
And Moses said to his father-in-law, "For when the people come to me to seek God."
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Chapter 18 Context
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And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heareth all that God (Elohim) hath done for Mos...
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and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,
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and her two sons, of whom the name of the one [is] Gershom, for he said, 'a sojourner I have been in...
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and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, 'the God (Elohim) of my father [is] for my help, and do...
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And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, cometh, and his sons, and his wife, unto Moses, unto the wildern...
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and he saith unto Moses, 'I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her t...
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And Moses goeth out to meet his father-in-law, and boweth himself, and kisseth him, and they ask one...
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and Moses recounteth to his father-in-law all that Jehovah hath done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptian...
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And Jethro rejoiceth for all the good which Jehovah hath done to Israel, whom He hath delivered from...
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and Jethro saith, 'Blessed [is] Jehovah, who hath delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and...
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now I have known that Jehovah [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proud...
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And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God (Elohim); and Aar...
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And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Moses sitteth to judge the people, and the people stand be...
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and the father-in-law of Moses seeth all that he is doing to the people, and saith, 'What [is] this...
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And Moses saith to his father-in-law, 'Because the people come unto me to seek God (Elohim);
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when they have a matter, it hath come unto me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbour, an...
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And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, 'The thing which thou art doing [is] not good;
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thou dost surely wear away, both thou, and this people which [is] with thee, for the thing is too he...
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'Now, hearken to my voice, I counsel thee, and God (Elohim) is with thee: be thou for the people ove...
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and thou hast warned them [concerning] the statutes and the laws, and hast made known to them the wa...
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'And thou -- thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God (Elohim), men of tr...
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and they have judged the people at all times; and it hath come to pass, every great matter they brin...
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If thou dost this thing, and God (Elohim) hath commanded thee, then thou hast been able to stand, an...
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And Moses hearkeneth to the voice of his father-in-law, and doth all that he said,
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and Moses chooseth men of ability out of all Israel, and maketh them chiefs over the people, heads o...
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and they have judged the people at all times; the hard matter they bring in unto Moses, and every sm...
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And Moses sendeth his father-in-law away, and he goeth away unto his own land.
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