English Bible Presentation Sharing - Exodus Book, chapter 18, verse 1 in Lxxen Version

Exodus 18 : 1 (LXXEN)

And Jothor the priest of Madiam, the father-in-law of Moses, heard of all that the Lord did to his people Israel; for the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt.

Exodus 18 : 2 (LXXEN)

And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, took Sepphora the wife of Moses after she had been sent away,

Exodus 18 : 3 (LXXEN)

and her two sons: the name of the one was Gersam, his father saying, I was a sojourner in a strange land; —

Exodus 18 : 4 (LXXEN)

and the name of the second Eliezer, saying, For the God of my father is my helper, and he has rescued me out of the hand of Pharao.

Exodus 18 : 5 (LXXEN)

And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, and his sons and his wife, went forth to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped on the mount of God.

Exodus 18 : 6 (LXXEN)

And it was told Moses, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law Jothor is coming to thee, and thy wife and two sons with him.

Exodus 18 : 7 (LXXEN)

And Moses went forth to meet his father-in-law, and did him reverence, and kissed him, and they embraced each other, and he brought them into the tent.

Exodus 18 : 8 (LXXEN)

And Moses related to his father-in-law all things that the Lord did to Pharao and all the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the labour that had befallen them in the way, and that the Lord had rescued them out of the hand of Pharao, and out of the hand of the Egyptians.

Exodus 18 : 9 (LXXEN)

And Jothor was amazed at all the good things which the Lord did to them, forasmuch as he rescued them out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharao.

Exodus 18 : 10 (LXXEN)

And Jothor said, Blessed be the Lord, because he has rescued them out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharao.

Exodus 18 : 11 (LXXEN)

Now know I that the Lord is great above all gods, because of this, *The meaning appears to be, The Lord shewed his superiority on this occasion, when the enemy attacked the Israelites wherein they attacked them.

Exodus 18 : 12 (LXXEN)

And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses took whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices for God, for Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.

Exodus 18 : 13 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass after the morrow that Moses sat to judge the people, and all the people stood by Moses from morning till evening.

Exodus 18 : 14 (LXXEN)

And Jothor having seen all that Moses *Gr. does did to the people, says, What is this that thou doest to the people? wherefore sittest thou alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning till evening?

Exodus 18 : 15 (LXXEN)

And Moses says to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to seek judgement from God.

Exodus 18 : 16 (LXXEN)

For whenever there is a dispute among them, and they come to me, I give judgement upon each, and I teach them the ordinances of God and his law.

Exodus 18 : 17 (LXXEN)

And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, Thou dost not this thing rightly,

Exodus 18 : 18 (LXXEN)

thou wilt wear away with intolerable weariness, both those and all this people which is with thee: this thing is hard, thou wilt not be able to endure it thyself alone.

Exodus 18 : 19 (LXXEN)

Now then hearken to me, and I will advise thee, and God shall be with thee: be thou to the people in the things pertaining to God, and thou shalt bring their *Gr. words matters to God.

Exodus 18 : 20 (LXXEN)

And thou shalt testify to them the ordinances of God and his law, and thou shalt shew to them the ways in which they shall walk, and the works which they shall do.

Exodus 18 : 21 (LXXEN)

And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and thou shalt set over *Gr. them the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

Exodus 18 : 22 (LXXEN)

And they shall judge the people at all times, and the too burdensome matter they shall bring to thee, but they shall judge the smaller cases; so they shall relieve thee and help thee.

Exodus 18 : 23 (LXXEN)

If thou wilt do this thing, God shall strengthen thee, and thou shalt be able to attend, and all this people shall come with peace into *Gr. his own their own place.

Exodus 18 : 24 (LXXEN)

And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did whatsoever he said to him.

Exodus 18 : 25 (LXXEN)

And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens over *Gr. them the people.

Exodus 18 : 26 (LXXEN)

And they judged the people at all times; and every too burdensome matter they brought to Moses, but every light matter they judged themselves.

Exodus 18 : 27 (LXXEN)

And Moses dismissed his father-in-law, and he returned to his own land.