Verse 19
Exodus 18:19
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God (Elohim) be with thee: be thou for the people to God (Elohim)-ward, and bring thou the causes unto God (Elohim):
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַתָּ֞ה שְׁמַ֤ע בְּ/קֹלִ/י֙ אִיעָ֣צְ/ךָ֔ וִ/יהִ֥י אֱלֹהִ֖ים עִמָּ֑/ךְ הֱיֵ֧ה אַתָּ֣ה לָ/עָ֗ם מ֚וּל הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְ/הֵבֵאתָ֥ אַתָּ֛ה אֶת הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים אֶל הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים
English Translation
Now listen to my voice; I will advise you, and may God be with you. You shall be for the people before God, and you shall bring the matters before God.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 18 Context
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Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God (Elohim) had done for...
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And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
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and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a...
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and the name of the other was Eliezer; for he said, The God (Elohim) of my father was my help, and d...
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5
And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness whe...
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and he said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two so...
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7
And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him: and they asked each...
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8
And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Isr...
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And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Jehovah had done to Israel, in that he had delivered...
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10
And Jethro said, Blessed be Jehovah, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and ou...
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11
Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly again...
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12
And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God (Elohim): and Aaron c...
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13
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood about Mo...
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14
And when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that th...
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15
And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God (Elohim):
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when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make t...
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17
And Moses’ father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
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18
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavy...
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19
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God (Elohim) be with thee: be thou for the...
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and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must w...
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Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God (Elohim), men of truth,...
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and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall br...
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If thou shalt do this thing, and God (Elohim) command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, an...
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So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
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25
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands...
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And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small...
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And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
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