1	When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law# , heard# of all that God had done# for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought# Israel out of Egypt;
			2	Then Jethro, Moses' father in law# , took# Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
			3	And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said# , I have been an alien in a strange land: [Gershom: that is A stranger there]
			4	And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered# me from the sword of Pharaoh: [Eliezer: that is, My God is an help]
			5	And Jethro, Moses' father in law# , came# with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped# at the mount of God:
			6	And he said# unto Moses, I thy father in law# Jethro am come# unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
			7	And 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. [welfare: Heb. peace]
			8	And 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. [come...: Heb. found them]
			9	And Jethro rejoiced# for all the goodness which the LORD had done# to Israel, whom he had delivered# out of the hand of the Egyptians.
			10	And Jethro said# , Blessed# 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.
			11	Now I know# that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly# he was above them.
			12	And 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# before God.
			13	And 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.
			14	And 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?
			15	And Moses said# unto his father in law# , Because the people come# unto me to enquire# of God:
			16	When they have a matter, they come# unto me; and I judge# between one and another, and I do make them know# the statutes of God, and his laws. [one...: Heb. a man and his fellow]
			17	And Moses' father in law# said# unto him, The thing that thou doest# is not good.
			18	Thou wilt surely# wear away# , both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able# to perform# it thyself alone. [Thou wilt...: Heb. Fading thou wilt fade]
			19	Hearken# now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel# , and God shall be# with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward# , that thou mayest bring# the causes unto God:
			20	And thou shalt teach# # them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew# them the way wherein they must walk# , and the work that they must do# .
			21	Moreover thou shalt provide# out of all the people able men, such as fear God, 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:
			22	And 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.
			23	If thou shalt do# this thing, and God command# thee so , then thou shalt be able# to endure# , and all this people shall also go# to their place in peace.
			24	So Moses hearkened# to the voice of his father in law# , and did# all that he had said# .
			25	And 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.
			26	And they judged# the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought# unto Moses, but every small matter# they judged# themselves.
			27	And Moses let his father in law# depart# ; and he went# his way into his own land.