Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. Exo 2:16Exo 3:1Psa 77:14-15Act 14:27Act 7:35-36Gal 1:23-24Isa 63:11-13Jos 2:10 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away, Exo 2:21Exo 4:25-26 and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, 1 for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”. Exo 2:22Act 7:29Exo 4:20Heb 11:13Psa 39:121Pe 2:11 The name of the other was Eliezer, 2 for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.” 2Co 1:8-102Ti 4:17Act 12:11Heb 13:61Ch 23:15Dan 6:22Exo 2:15Isa 50:7-9 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God. Exo 3:1Exo 3:121Ki 19:8Exo 19:11Exo 19:20Exo 24:16-17 He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent. Gen 29:131Ki 2:192Sa 11:7Gen 14:17Gen 18:2Gen 19:1Act 20:37Act 28:15 Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how the LORD delivered them. Neh 9:32Neh 9:9-15Num 20:14Psa 106:10Psa 107:2Psa 145:4-12Psa 78:42-43Psa 81:7 Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. 1Co 12:26Rom 12:15Isa 66:10Rom 12:10Isa 44:23 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. 2Sa 18:28Gen 14:20Luk 1:681Ki 8:151Pe 1:31Th 3:9Eph 1:3Psa 106:47-48 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.” Psa 95:3Exo 15:112Ch 2:5Luk 1:51Psa 135:51Ch 16:25Dan 4:37Psa 97:9 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God. Deu 12:7Gen 31:54Exo 24:11Exo 24:51Ch 29:21-221Co 10:181Co 10:211Co 10:31
On the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening. Isa 16:5Jdg 5:10Job 29:7Jol 3:12Mat 23:2Rom 12:8Rom 13:6 When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?”
Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God. Num 15:34Num 27:5Deu 17:8-13Exo 18:19-20Lev 24:12-14Num 9:6Num 9:8 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.” Exo 24:141Co 6:12Sa 15:3Deu 4:5Deu 5:11Sa 12:231Th 4:1-2Act 18:14-15 Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good. You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone. Num 11:14-17Act 6:1-42Co 12:15Php 2:301Th 2:8-9Deu 1:9-12 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God. Num 27:5Deu 5:5Exo 20:19Exo 3:12Gen 39:22Sa 14:17Deu 20:1Exo 18:15 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. Deu 5:1Psa 143:8Deu 1:18Deu 4:1Deu 4:5Psa 32:8Exo 18:161Sa 12:23 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. Act 6:32Ch 19:5-10Deu 1:13-17Deu 16:18-192Sa 23:31Sa 8:31Ti 3:32Pe 2:14-15 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you. Num 11:17Deu 1:17-18Exo 18:26Lev 24:11Num 15:33Num 27:2Num 36:1Deu 17:8-9 If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace.” 1Sa 8:6-7Exo 18:181Sa 8:222Sa 18:3Gen 18:33Gen 21:10-122Sa 19:392Sa 21:17
So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 1Co 12:21Exo 18:19Exo 18:2-5Ezr 10:2Ezr 10:5Pro 1:5 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. Deu 1:15Exo 18:21Act 6:5 They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. Exo 18:221Ki 10:11Ki 3:16-28Deu 17:8Exo 18:14-15Job 29:16 Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land. Num 10:29-30Jdg 19:9Gen 24:59Gen 31:55