<vn='1'>When <sn="3503">Jethro</s>, the <sn="3548">priest</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s>, <sn="4872">Moses</s> ' <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law, <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> of <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="430">God</s> had <sn="6213">done</s> for <sn="4872">Moses</s>, and for <sn="3478">Israel</s> his <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had brought Israel <sn="3318 *853 3478">out</s> of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>Then <sn="3503">Jethro</s>, <sn="4872">Moses</s> ' <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law, <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6855">Zipporah</s>, <sn="4872">Moses</s> ' <sn="802">wife</s>, <sn="310">after</s> he had sent her <sn="7964">back</s>, </v>
<vn='3'>And her <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s>; of <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="259">one</s> was <sn="1648">Gershom</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="559">said</s>, I have <sn="1961">been</s> an <sn="1616">alien</s> in a <sn="5237">strange</s><sn="776">land</s>: </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="259">other</s> was <sn="461">Eliezer</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="430">God</s> of my <sn="1">father</s>, said he, was mine <sn="5828">help</s>, and <sn="5337">delivered</s> me from the <sn="4480 2719">sword</s> of <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>: </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="3503">Jethro</s>, <sn="4872">Moses</s> ' <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law, <sn="935">came</s> with his <sn="1121">sons</s> and his <sn="802">wife</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="4872">Moses</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, <sn="834 8033">where</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="2583">encamped</s> at the <sn="2022">mount</s> of <sn="430">God</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="4872">Moses</s>, <sn="589">I</s> thy <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law <sn="3503">Jethro</s> am <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, and thy <sn="802">wife</s>, and her <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s><sn="5973">with</s> her. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="4872">Moses</s> went <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> his <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law, and did <sn="7812">obeisance</s>, and <sn="5401">kissed</s> him; and they <sn="7592">asked</s><sn="376">each</s><sn="7453">other</s> of their <sn="7965">welfare</s>; and they <sn="935">came</s> into the <sn="168">tent</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="4872">Moses</s><sn="5608">told</s> his <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="6213">done</s> unto <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s> and to the <sn="4714">Egyptians</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> 's <sn="182">sake</s>, and <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8513">travail</s><sn="834">that</s> had come <sn="4672">upon</s> them by the <sn="1870">way</s>, and how the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5337">delivered</s> them. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="3503">Jethro</s><sn="2302">rejoiced</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2896">goodness</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="6213">done</s> to <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> he had <sn="5337">delivered</s> out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4714">Egyptians</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="3503">Jethro</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1288">Blessed</s> be the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">who</s> hath <sn="5337">delivered</s> you out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4714">Egyptians</s>, and out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>, <sn="834">who</s> hath <sn="5337">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> from <sn="4480 8478">under</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4714">Egyptians</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="6258">Now</s> I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="1419">greater</s> than <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="430">gods</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> in the <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="834">wherein</s> they dealt <sn="2102">proudly</s> he was <sn="5921">above</s> them. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="3503">Jethro</s>, <sn="4872">Moses</s> ' <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law, <sn="3947">took</s> a burnt <sn="5930">offering</s> and <sn="2077">sacrifices</s> for <sn="430">God</s>: and <sn="175">Aaron</s><sn="935">came</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, to <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3899">bread</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="4872">Moses</s> ' <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law <sn="6440">before</s><sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> on the <sn="4480 4283">morrow</s>, that <sn="4872">Moses</s><sn="3427">sat</s> to <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>: and the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">by</s><sn="4872">Moses</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="1242">morning</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="6153">evening</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And when <sn="4872">Moses</s> ' <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="6213">did</s> to the <sn="5971">people</s>, he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> is <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="6213">doest</s> to the <sn="5971">people</s>? <sn="4069">why</s><sn="3427">sittest</s><sn="859">thou</s> thyself <sn="905">alone</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="5324">stand</s><sn="5921">by</s> thee <sn="4480">from</s><sn="1242">morning</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="6153">even</s>? </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="4872">Moses</s><sn="559">said</s> unto his <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law, <sn="3588">Because</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> me to <sn="1875">inquire</s> of <sn="430">God</s>: </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">When</s> they <sn="1961">have</s> a <sn="1697">matter</s>, they <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> me; and I <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="376">one</s> and <sn="7453">another</s>, and I do make them <sn="3045">known</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2706">statutes</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and his <sn="8451">laws</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="4872">Moses</s> ' <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, The <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="6213">doest</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2896">good</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Thou wilt surely wear <sn="5034 5034">away</s>, <sn="1571">both</s><sn="859">thou</s>, <sn="1571">and</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> thee: <sn="3588">for</s> this <sn="1697">thing</s> is too <sn="3515">heavy</s><sn="4480">for</s> thee; thou art <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3201">able</s> to <sn="6213">perform</s> it thyself <sn="905">alone</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="8085">Hearken</s><sn="6258">now</s> unto my <sn="6963">voice</s>, I will give thee <sn="3289">counsel</s>, and <sn="430">God</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee: <sn="1961">Be</s><sn="859">thou</s> for the <sn="5971">people</s> to <sn="4136 430">Godward</s>, that <sn="859">thou</s> mayest <sn="935">bring</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">causes</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="430">God</s>: </v>
<vn='20'>And thou shalt <sn="2094">teach</s> them <sn="*853"></s><sn="2706">ordinances</s> and <sn="8451">laws</s>, and shalt <sn="3045">show</s> them <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1870">way</s> wherein they must <sn="1980">walk</s>, and the <sn="4640">work</s><sn="834">that</s> they must <sn="6213">do</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Moreover <sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="2372">provide</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="2428">able</s><sn="376">men</s>, such as <sn="3373">fear</s><sn="430">God</s>, <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="571">truth</s>, <sn="8130">hating</s><sn="1215">covetousness</s>; and <sn="7760">place</s> such <sn="5921">over</s> them, to be <sn="8269">rulers</s> of <sn="505">thousands</s>, and <sn="8269">rulers</s> of <sn="3967">hundreds</s>, <sn="8269">rulers</s> of <sn="2572">fifties</s>, and <sn="8269">rulers</s> of <sn="6235">tens</s>: </v>
<vn='22'>And let them <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> at <sn="3605">all</s><sn="6256">seasons</s>: and it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, that <sn="3605">every</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="1697">matter</s> they shall <sn="935">bring</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, but <sn="3605">every</s><sn="6996">small</s><sn="1697">matter</s><sn="1992">they</s> shall <sn="8199">judge</s>: so shall it be <sn="7043">easier</s><sn="4480 5921">for</s> thyself, and they shall <sn="5375">bear</s> the burden <sn="854">with</s> thee. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="518">If</s> thou shalt <sn="6213">do</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>, and <sn="430">God</s><sn="6680">command</s> thee so, then thou shalt be <sn="3201">able</s> to <sn="5975">endure</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> shall <sn="1571">also</s><sn="935">go</s><sn="5921">to</s> their <sn="4725">place</s> in <sn="7965">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>So <sn="4872">Moses</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s> to the <sn="6963">voice</s> of his <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law, and <sn="6213">did</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he had <sn="559">said</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="4872">Moses</s><sn="977">chose</s><sn="2428">able</s><sn="376">men</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="5414">made</s> them <sn="7218">heads</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="8269">rulers</s> of <sn="505">thousands</s>, <sn="8269">rulers</s> of <sn="3967">hundreds</s>, <sn="8269">rulers</s> of <sn="2572">fifties</s>, and <sn="8269">rulers</s> of <sn="6235">tens</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And they <sn="8199">judged</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> at <sn="3605">all</s><sn="6256">seasons</s>: the <sn="7186">hard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1697">causes</s> they <sn="935">brought</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="4872">Moses</s>, but <sn="3605">every</s><sn="6996">small</s><sn="1697">matter</s> they <sn="8199">judged</s><sn="1992">themselves</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="4872">Moses</s> let <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2859">father</s> -in-law <sn="7971">depart</s>; and he went his <sn="1980">way</s><sn="413">into</s> his own <sn="776">land</s>. </v>