Exodus 18:7–16

⁷And Moses ^gwent out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and ^hkissed 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 ⁱrejoiced 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, ^kBlessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. ¹¹Now I know that the Lord is ^lgreater than all gods: ^mfor in the thing wherein they ⁿdealt proudly 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 ^obefore 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 unto the evening. ¹⁴And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? ¹⁵And Moses said unto his father in law, Because ^pthe people come unto me to inquire of God: ¹⁶When they have ^qa matter, they come unto me; and I judge between ^†one and another, and I do ^rmake them know the statutes of God, and his laws.