Verse 7
Exodus 18:7
Noah Webster Bible
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And 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.
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
1
When Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses's father-in-law, heard of all that God (Elohim) had done for...
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Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took Zipporah Moses's wife, after he had sent her back,
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And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; (for he said, I have been an alien in a...
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And the name of the other was Eliezer; (for the God (Elohim) of my father, said he, was my help, and...
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5
And Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness, whe...
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6
And he said to Moses, I thy father-in-law Jethro have come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons w...
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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...
8
And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Isr...
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9
And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered ou...
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10
And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and o...
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11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing in which they dealt proudly, he...
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12
And Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God (Elohim): and Aaron...
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13
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses...
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14
And when Moses's father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that t...
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15
And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God (Elohim):
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When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another, and I make them know...
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17
And Moses's father-in-law said to 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 this thing is too heav...
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19
Hearken now to my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God (Elohim) shall be with thee: Be thou for...
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20
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way in which they must walk,...
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21
Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people, able men, such as fear God (Elohim), men of trut...
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22
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall br...
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23
If thou shalt do this thing, and God (Elohim) command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, an...
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24
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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26
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought to Moses, but every small ma...
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27
And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
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