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Exodus 18:25 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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. "
Exodus 18:25
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23 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.”
24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
25 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 They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
27 Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.
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Exodus 18:1
"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."
Exodus 18:2
"Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,"
Exodus 18:3
"and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”."
Exodus 18:4
"The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”"
Exodus 18:5
"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."
Exodus 18:6
"He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”"
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