1 (for he had said, “I have been an alien in a foreign land”),
4and the name of the other was Eliezer (for he had said, “The God of my father was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).
5 when they dealt arrogantly with them.”
12And Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’s father-in-law in the presence of God.
13The next day Moses sat as judge for the people, while the people stood around him from morning until evening.
14When Moses’s father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening?”
15Num 9.8; Deut 17.8–13Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
16When they have a dispute, they come to me, and I decide between one person and another, and I make known to them the statutes and instructions of God.”
17Moses’s father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.
18Num 11.14, 17You will surely wear yourself out, both you and these people with you, for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.
19Ex 3.12; Num 27.5Now listen to me. I will give you counsel, and God be with you! You should represent the people before God and bring their cases to God.
20Deut 1.18Teach them the statutes and instructions and make known to them the way they are to go and the things they are to do.
21v 25; Deut 1.13, 15You should also look for able men among all the people, men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain; set them as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
22Num 11.17; Deut 1.17, 18Let them sit as judges for the people at all times; let them bring every important case to you but decide every minor case themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.
23If you do this and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will go to their homes in peace.”
24So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did all that he had said.
25Deut 1.15Moses chose able men from all Israel and appointed them as heads over the people, as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
26v 22And they judged the people at all times; hard cases they brought to Moses, but any minor case they decided themselves.
27Num 10.29, 30Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went off to his own country.
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