1And whanne Jetro, the prest of Madian, `the alye of Moises , hadde herd alle thingis which God hadde do to Moises, and to Israel his puple, for the Lord hadde led Israel out of the lond of Egipt,

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

2he took Sefora, `the wijf of Moises, whom he hadde sent ayen,

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

3and hise twei sones, of which oon was clepid Gersan, for the fadir seide, Y was a comelyng in alien lond,

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

4forsothe the tother was clepid Eliezer, for Moises seide, God of my fadir is myn helpere, and he delyuerede me fro the swerd of Farao.

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

5Therfor Jetro, `alie of Moises, cam, and the sones of Moises and his wijf camen to Moises, in to deseert, where Jetro settide tentis bisidis the hil of God;

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

6and sente to Moises, and seide, Y Jetro, thin alie, come to thee, and thi wijf, and thi twei sones with hir.

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7And Moises yede out into the comyng of his alie, and worschipide, and kiste hym, and thei gretten hem silf to gidere with pesible wordis.

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

8And whanne he hadde entrid in to the tabernacle, Moises tolde to `his alie alle thingis whiche God hadde do to Farao, and to Egipcians, for Israel, and he tolde al the trauel which bifelle to hem in the weie, of which the Lord delyuerede hem.

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

9And Jetro was glad on alle the goodis whiche the Lord hadde do to Israel, for he delyuerede Israel fro the hond of Egipcians.

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

10And Jetro seide, Blessid be `the Lord, that delyuerede you fro the hond of Egipcians, and fro `the hond of Farao, which Lord delyuered his puple fro the hond of Egipt;

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

11now Y knowe that the Lord is greet aboue alle goddis, for `thei diden proudli ayens hem.

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

12Therfor Jetro, `alie of Moises, offride brent sacrifices and offryngis to God; and Aaron, and alle the eldere men of Israel, camen to ete breed with hym bifore God.

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

13Forsothe in the tother dai Moises sat that he schulde deme the puple, that stood niy Moises, fro the morewtid til to euentid.

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

14And whanne `his alie hadde seyn this, that is, alle thingis `whiche he dide in the puple, he seide, What is this that thou doist in the puple? whi sittist thou aloone, and al the puple abidith fro the morewtid til to euentid?

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15To whom Moises answeride, The puple cometh to me, and axith the sentence of God;

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

16and whanne ony strijf bifallith to hem, thei comen to me, that Y deme bitwixe hem, and schewe `the comaundementis of God, and hise lawis.

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

17And Jetro seide, Thou doist a thing not good,

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18thou art wastid with a fonned trauel, bothe thou and this puple which is with thee; the werk is a boue thi strengthis, thou aloone maist not suffre it.

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

19But here thou my wordis and counseils, and the Lord schal be with thee; be thou to the puple in these thingis that perteynen to God, that thou telle the thingis that ben seid to the puple;

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

20and schewe to the puple the cerymonyes, and custom of worschipyng, and the weie bi which `thei owen to go, and the werk which `thei owen to do.

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

21Forsothe puruey thou of al the puple myyti men , and dredynge God, in whiche is treuthe, and whiche haten auarice; and ordeyne thou of hem tribunes , and centuriouns, and quinquagenaries, and deenys,

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

22whiche schulen deme the puple in al tyme; sotheli what ever thing is grettere, telle thei to thee, and deme thei ooneli lesse thingis, and be it esiere to thee, whanne the burthun is departid in to othere men.

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

23If thou schalt do this, thou schalt fille the comaundement of God, and thou schalt mowe bere hise comaundementis; and al this puple schal turne ayen with pees to her places.

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

24And whanne these thingis weren herd, Moises dide alle thingis whiche Jetro counselide.

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

25And whanne noble men of al Israel weren chosun Moises ordeynede hem princis of the puple, tribunes, and centuriouns, and quinquagenaries, and denes,

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

26whiche demeden the puple in al tyme; forsothe, whateuer thing was hardere, thei telden to Moises, and thei demeden esiere thingis oneli.

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

27And Moises lefte `his alie, which turnede ayen, and yede in to his lond.

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