Exodus 18:7–16

⁷And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other after their welfare, and went into the tent. ⁸And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake; all the trouble that had befallen them on the way, and how Jehovah had delivered them. ⁹And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness that Jehovah had done to Israel; that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. ¹⁰And Jethro said, Blessed be Jehovah, 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 Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily he was above them. ¹²And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

¹³And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening. ¹⁴And Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which thou art doing with the people? why dost thou sit alone, and all the people are standing by thee from morning to evening? ¹⁵And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to enquire of God. ¹⁶When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known to them the statutes of God, and his laws.