Verse 7
Exodus 18:7
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And he went out to meet his kinsman, and worshipped and kissed him: and they saluted one another with words of peace. And when he was come into the tent,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּצֵ֨א מֹשֶׁ֜ה לִ/קְרַ֣את חֹֽתְנ֗/וֹ וַ/יִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ֙ וַ/יִּשַּׁק ל֔/וֹ וַ/יִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ אִישׁ לְ/רֵעֵ֖/הוּ לְ/שָׁל֑וֹם וַ/יָּבֹ֖אוּ הָ/אֹֽהֱלָ/ה
English Translation
And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed down and kissed him, and they asked each other about their well-being, and they came into the tent.
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Chapter 18 Context
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And when Jethro the priest of Madian, the kinsman of Moses, had heard all the things that God (Elohi...
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He took Sephora the wife of Moses whom he had sent back:
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And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam, his father saying: I have been a stranger in a fore...
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And the other Eliezer: For the God (Elohim) of my father, said he, is my helper, and hath delivered...
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And Jethro the kinsman of Moses came with his sons and his wife, to Moses into the desert, where he...
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And he sent word to Moses, saying: I Jethro thy kinsman come to thee, and thy wife, and thy two sons...
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And he went out to meet his kinsman, and worshipped and kissed him: and they saluted one another wit...
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Moses told his kinsman all that the Lord had done to Pharao, and the Egyptians, in favour of Israel:...
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And Jethro rejoiced for all the good things that the Lord had done to Israel, because he had deliver...
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And he said: Blessed is the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of Pharao, and out of the h...
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Now I know that the Lord is great above all gods: because they dealt proudly against them.
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So Jethro the kinsman of Moses offered holocausts and sacrifices to God (Elohim): and Aaron and all...
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And the next day Moses sat, to judge the people, who stood by Moses from morning until night.
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And when his kinsman had seen all things that he did among the people, he said: What is it that thou...
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And Moses answered him: The people come to me to seek the judgment of God (Elohim).
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And when any controversy falleth out among them, they come to me to judge between them, and to shew...
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But he said: The thing thou dost is not good.
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Thou are spent with foolish labour, both thou and this people that is with thee: the business is abo...
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But hear my words and counsels, and God (Elohim) shall be with thee. Be thou to the people in those...
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And to shew the people the ceremonies and the manner of worshipping, and the way wherein they ought...
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And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God (Elohim), in whom there is truth, and t...
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Who may judge the people at all times: and when any great matter soever shall fall out, let them ref...
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If thou dost this, thou shalt fulfil the commandment of God (Elohim), and shalt be able to bear his...
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And when Moses heard this, he did all things that he had suggested unto him.
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And choosing able men out of all Israel, he appointed them rulers of the people, rulers over thousan...
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And they judged the people at all times: and whatsoever was of greater difficulty they referred to h...
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And he let his kinsman depart: and he returned and went into his own country.
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