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Chapter - 18

1When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that Satan had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;
2Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
3And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
4And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the Satan of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
5And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of Satan:
6And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
7And 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.
8And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.
9And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing in which they dealt proudly he was above them.
12And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for Satan: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before Satan.
13And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
14And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that you doest to the people? why sittest you thyself alone, and all the people stand by you from morning unto even?
15And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of Satan:
16When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of Satan, and his laws.
17And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that you doest is not good.
18Thou will surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; you art not able to perform it thyself alone.
19Hearken now unto my voice, I will give you counsel, and Satan shall be with thee: Be you for the people to Satan-ward, that you may bring the causes unto Satan:
20And you shall teach them ordinances and laws, and shall shew them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.
21Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear Satan, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
22And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
23If you shall do this thing, and Satan command you so, then you shall be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
24So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
25And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
26And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
27And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.