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Exodus Chapter 18

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Exodus

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Moses appoints seventy men from the tribe of Levi to assist him as he prepares to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, giving them the task of guarding the camp and carrying the tabernacle. The chapter emphasizes the importance of delegating trusted helpers and maintaining order while the journey begins. It also highlights Moses’ reliance on the faithfulness of his chosen assistants.

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(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;
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Exodus 2:16Exodus 2:21Exodus 3:1Exodus 4:18Numbers 10:29Judges 4:11Psalms 34:2Psalms 44:1Psalms 77:14Psalms 77:15Psalms 78:4Psalms 105:5

(2) Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
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Exodus 2:21Exodus 4:25Exodus 4:26

(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:
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Acts 7:29Exodus 2:22Psalms 39:12Hebrews 11:13I Peter 2:11

(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:
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Psalms 46:1Isaiah 50:7Isaiah 50:8Isaiah 50:9Hebrews 13:6Exodus 2:15Psalms 18:1Psalms 18:48Psalms 34:4Daniel 6:22Acts 12:11II Corinthians 1:8

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Exodus 18:10Genesis 41:25

(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:
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Exodus 3:1Exodus 3:12Exodus 19:11Exodus 19:20Exodus 24:16Exodus 24:17I Kings 19:8

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Exodus 19:20

(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.
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Genesis 14:17Genesis 46:29Numbers 22:36Judges 11:34I Kings 2:19Acts 28:15Genesis 18:2Genesis 19:1Genesis 33:3Genesis 33:4Genesis 33:5Genesis 33:6

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I Kings 3:11Genesis 31:33Numbers 19:14II Chronicles 1:11

(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.
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Exodus 18:1Nehemiah 9:9Nehemiah 9:10Nehemiah 9:11Nehemiah 9:12Nehemiah 9:13Nehemiah 9:14Nehemiah 9:15Psalms 66:16Psalms 71:17Psalms 71:18Psalms 71:19

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Exodus 18:10Genesis 41:55Genesis 43:32Genesis 41:25

(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.
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Isaiah 44:23Isaiah 66:10Romans 12:10Romans 12:15I Corinthians 12:26

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Exodus 18:10Genesis 43:32Romans 11:22

(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.
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Genesis 14:20II Samuel 18:28I Kings 8:15Psalms 41:13Psalms 106:47Psalms 106:48Luke 1:68Ephesians 1:3I Thessalonians 3:9I Peter 1:3Revelation 5:11Revelation 5:12

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Genesis 43:32Exodus 18:8Exodus 18:9Exodus 12:27Judges 6:9Judges 12:3

(11) Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
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Exodus 9:16I Kings 17:24II Kings 5:15Exodus 15:11I Chronicles 16:25II Chronicles 2:5Psalms 95:3Psalms 97:9Psalms 135:5Exodus 1:10Exodus 1:16Exodus 1:22

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Judges 10:6Nehemiah 12:39Psalms 97:9John 3:31

(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.
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Exodus 24:5Genesis 4:4Genesis 8:20Genesis 12:7Genesis 26:25Genesis 31:54Job 1:5Job 42:8Exodus 24:11Leviticus 7:11Leviticus 7:12Leviticus 7:13

(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.
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Judges 5:10Job 29:7Isaiah 16:5Joel 3:12Matthew 23:2Romans 12:8Romans 13:6

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II Chronicles 13:11

(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?
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I Samuel 1:8Romans 14:10

(15) And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
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Exodus 18:19Exodus 18:20Leviticus 24:12Leviticus 24:13Leviticus 24:14Numbers 15:34Numbers 27:5

(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.
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Exodus 23:7Exodus 24:14Deuteronomy 17:8Deuteronomy 17:9Deuteronomy 17:10Deuteronomy 17:11Deuteronomy 17:12II Samuel 15:3Job 31:13Acts 18:14Acts 18:15I Corinthians 6:1

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Exodus 18:22Ezekiel 44:24

(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.
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II Corinthians 12:15Philippians 2:30I Thessalonians 2:8I Thessalonians 2:9Numbers 11:14Numbers 11:15Numbers 11:16Numbers 11:17Deuteronomy 1:9Deuteronomy 1:10Deuteronomy 1:11Deuteronomy 1:12

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Jeremiah 44:25Numbers 11:14II Kings 8:12Jeremiah 38:15Zephaniah 3:7Deuteronomy 14:24

(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:
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Exodus 18:24Proverbs 9:9Exodus 3:12Exodus 4:12Genesis 39:2Deuteronomy 20:1Joshua 1:9II Samuel 14:17Matthew 28:20Exodus 18:15Exodus 4:16Exodus 20:19

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Deuteronomy 30:20Revelation 3:18II Samuel 17:14

(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.
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Exodus 18:16Deuteronomy 4:1Deuteronomy 4:5Deuteronomy 5:1Deuteronomy 6:1Deuteronomy 6:2Deuteronomy 7:11Nehemiah 9:13Nehemiah 9:14I Samuel 12:23Psalms 32:8Psalms 143:8

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Ezekiel 43:11Leviticus 18:3I Kings 8:36Jeremiah 42:3

(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:
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Deuteronomy 1:13Deuteronomy 1:14Deuteronomy 1:15Deuteronomy 1:16Deuteronomy 1:17Acts 6:3Exodus 18:25Deuteronomy 16:18I Kings 3:9I Kings 3:10I Kings 3:11I Kings 3:12

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Exodus 18:25Nehemiah 2:16I Chronicles 29:6Nehemiah 5:17II Kings 11:4II Kings 11:19

(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.
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Exodus 18:26Romans 13:6Leviticus 24:11Numbers 15:33Numbers 27:2Numbers 36:1Deuteronomy 1:17Deuteronomy 17:8Deuteronomy 17:9Exodus 18:18Numbers 11:17

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Exodus 18:26Exodus 18:16Judges 2:18Judges 11:27I Samuel 2:25I Samuel 24:15

(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.
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Exodus 18:18Genesis 21:10Genesis 21:11Genesis 21:12I Samuel 8:6I Samuel 8:7I Samuel 8:22Acts 15:2Galatians 2:2Exodus 16:29Genesis 18:33Genesis 30:25

(24) So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
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Exodus 18:2Exodus 18:3Exodus 18:4Exodus 18:5Exodus 18:19Ezra 10:2Ezra 10:5Proverbs 1:5I Corinthians 12:21

(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.
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Exodus 18:21Deuteronomy 1:15Acts 6:5

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Exodus 18:21Nehemiah 2:16I Chronicles 29:6Deuteronomy 1:15II Kings 11:4II Kings 11:19

(26) And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
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Exodus 18:14Exodus 18:22Exodus 18:15Deuteronomy 17:8I Kings 3:16I Kings 3:17I Kings 3:18I Kings 3:19I Kings 3:20I Kings 3:21I Kings 3:22I Kings 3:23

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Exodus 18:22Judges 12:11I Corinthians 4:3Revelation 11:18Revelation 20:12

(27) And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
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Genesis 24:59Genesis 31:55Numbers 10:29Numbers 10:30Judges 19:9

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Lamentations 4:15

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