Exodus 18:7–16

⁷And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed, and he kissed him, and they each asked about the other’s welfare,^a and they came into the tent.

⁸And Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt on account of Israel, all the hardship that had found them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them. ⁹And Jethro rejoiced over all the good that Yahweh had done for Israel when he delivered them from the hand of Egypt. ¹⁰And Jethro said, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharaoh—who has delivered the people from under the hand of Egypt. ¹¹Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all the gods, even in the matter where they the Egyptians dealt arrogantly against the Israelites.”^{b 12}And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.

¹³And^c the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood before Moses from the morning until the evening. ¹⁴And the father-in-law of Moses saw all that he was doing for the people, and he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why are you sitting alone and all the people are standing by you from morning until evening?” ¹⁵And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to seek God. ¹⁶When they have an issue,^d it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make known God’s rule and his instructions.”