1And when Jethro the priest of Madian, the kinsman of Moses, had heard all the things that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought forth Israel out of Egypt:

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Exodus 2:16, Exodus 3:1, Psalms 77:14, Psalms 77:15, Exodus 2:16

2He took Sephora, the wife of Moses, whom he had sent back:

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Exodus 2:21, Exodus 2:21, Exodus 4:25, Exodus 4:26, Exodus 4:25

3And her two sons, of whom one was called Gersam: his father saying, I have been a stranger in a foreign country.

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Exodus 2:22, Exodus 2:22, Acts 7:29, Acts 7:29, Exodus 4:20

4And the other Eliezer: For the God of my father, said he, is my helper, and hath delivered me from the sword of Pharao.

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2 Timothy 4:17, Acts 12:11, 2 Corinthians 1:8, 2 Corinthians 1:10, Hebrews 13:6

5And Jethro, the kinsman of Moses, came with his sons, and his wife to Moses into the desert, where he was camped by the mountain of God.

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Exodus 3:1, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 3:12, Exodus 3:12, Exodus 19:11

6And he sent word to Moses, saying: I Jethro, thy kinsman, come to thee, and thy wife, and thy two sons with her.

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7And 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,

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Genesis 29:13, Genesis 29:13, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 14:17, 1 Kings 2:19

8Moses told his kinsman all that the Lord had done to Pharao, and the Egyptians in favour of Israel: and all the labour which had befallen them in the journey, and that the Lord had delivered them.

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Psalms 81:7, Numbers 20:14, Psalms 106:10, Psalms 78:42, Psalms 78:43

9And Jethro rejoiced for all the good things that the Lord had done to Israel, because he had delivered them out of the hands of the Egyptians.

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Romans 12:15, 1 Corinthians 12:26, Romans 12:15, 1 Corinthians 12:26, Isaiah 66:10

10And he said: Blessed is the Lord, who hath delivered his people out of the hand of Egypt.

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2 Samuel 18:28, Genesis 14:20, 2 Samuel 18:28, Genesis 14:20, Luke 1:68

11Now I know, that the Lord is great above all gods; because they dealt proudly against them.

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Psalms 95:3, Psalms 95:3, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 15:11, 2 Chronicles 2:5

12So Jethro, the kinsman of Moses, offered holocausts and sacrifices to God: and Aaron and all the ancients of Israel came, to eat bread with him before God.

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Genesis 31:54, Deuteronomy 12:7, Genesis 31:54, Deuteronomy 12:7, Exodus 24:11

13And the next day Moses sat to judge the people, who stood by Moses from morning until night.

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Joel 3:12, Job 29:7, Romans 13:6, Judges 5:10, Isaiah 16:5

14And when his kinsman had seen all things that he did among the people, he said: What is it that thou dost among the people? Why sittest thou alone, and all the people wait from morning till night?

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15And Moses answered him: The people come to me to seek the judgment of God?

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Numbers 27:5, Numbers 15:34, Numbers 27:5, Numbers 15:34, Leviticus 24:12

16And when any controversy falleth out among them, they come to me to judge between them, and to shew the precepts of God, and his laws.

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Exodus 24:14, Exodus 24:14, Deuteronomy 4:5, 2 Samuel 15:3, 1 Corinthians 6:1

17But he said: The thing thou dost is not good.

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18Thou art spent with foolish labour, both thou, and this people that is with thee; the business is above thy strength, thou alone canst not bear it.

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Numbers 11:14, Numbers 11:17, Numbers 11:14, Numbers 11:17, Acts 6:1

19But hear my words and counsels, and God shall be with thee. Be thou to the people in those things that pertain to God, to bring their words to him:

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Numbers 27:5, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 5:5, Genesis 39:2, Exodus 3:12

20And to shew the people the ceremonies, and the manner of worshipping; and the way wherein they ought to walk, and the work that they ought to do.

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Deuteronomy 5:1, Deuteronomy 5:1, Psalms 143:8, Psalms 143:8, Deuteronomy 1:18

21And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens,

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Acts 6:3, Acts 6:3, 2 Chronicles 19:5, 2 Chronicles 19:10, Deuteronomy 1:13

22Who may judge the people at all times: and when any great matter soever shall fall out, let them refer it to thee, and let them judge the lesser matters only: that so it may be lighter for thee, the burden being shared out unto others.

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Numbers 11:17, Numbers 11:17, Exodus 18:26, Numbers 15:33, Numbers 27:2

23If thou dost this, thou shalt fulfil the commandment of God, and shalt be able to bear his precepts: and all this people shall return to their places with peace.

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Exodus 18:18, 1 Samuel 8:6, 1 Samuel 8:7, Exodus 18:18, 1 Samuel 8:6

24And when Moses heard this, he did all things that he had suggested unto him.

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Exodus 18:19, 1 Corinthians 12:21, Ezra 10:2, Proverbs 1:5, Ezra 10:5

25And choosing able men out of all Israel, he appointed them rulers of the people, rulers over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.

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Deuteronomy 1:15, Deuteronomy 1:15, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:21, Acts 6:5

26And they judged the people at all times: and whatsoever was of greater difficulty they referred to him, and they judged the easier cases only.

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Exodus 18:22, Exodus 18:22, Exodus 18:14, Exodus 18:15, Job 29:16

27And he let his kinsman depart: and he returned and went into his own country.

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Numbers 10:29, Numbers 10:30, Numbers 10:29, Numbers 10:30, Judges 19:9