Exodus 18
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Exodus 18:9-15

9And Jethro rejoiced for all the good that the Lord had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

10Jethro said, "Blessed be the Lord, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh and has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because in this affair they dealt arrogantly with the people."

12And Jethro, Moses' 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' father-in-law before God.

13The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening.

14When Moses' 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, and all the people stand around you from morning till evening?"

15And Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God;

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