Shemoth (Exodus) 18

Exod 18:1 And Yithro, the priest of Miḏyan, Mosheh’s father-in-law, heard
of all that Elohim had done for Mosheh and for Yisra’ĕl His people, that יהוה
had brought Yisra’ĕl out of Mitsrayim.
Exod 18:2 And Yithro, Mosheh’s father-in-law, took Tsipporah, the wife of
Mosheh – after he had sent her back,
Exod 18:3 and her two sons, of whom the name of one was Gĕreshom, for he
said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land,”
Exod 18:4 and the name of the other was Eli‛ezer, for he said, “The Elohim
of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
Exod 18:5 Yithro, Mosheh’s father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife
to Mosheh in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mountain of
Elohim.
Exod 18:6 And he had said to Mosheh, “I, your father-in-law Yithro, am
coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her.”
Exod 18:7 And Mosheh went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed
down, and kissed him. And they asked each other about their welfare, and
they went into the tent.
Exod 18:8 And Mosheh told his father-in-law all that יהוה had done to
Pharaoh and to the Mitsrites for Yisra’ĕl’s sake, all the hardship that had
come upon them on the way, and how יהוה had delivered them.
Exod 18:9 And Yithro rejoiced for all the good which יהוה had done for
Yisra’ĕl, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Mitsrites.
Exod 18:10 And Yithro said, “Blessed be יהוה, who has delivered you out of
the hand of the Mitsrites and out of the hand of Pharaoh, and who has
delivered the people from under the hand of the Mitsrites.
Exod 18:11 “Now I know that יהוה is greater than all the mighty ones, indeed
in the matter in which they acted proudly, above them.”
Exod 18:12 Then Yithro, the father-in-law of Mosheh, brought a burnt
offering and other slaughterings unto Elohim. And Aharon came with all the
elders of Yisra’ĕl to eat bread with the father-in-law of Mosheh before
Elohim.
Exod 18:13 And it came to be, on the next day, that Mosheh sat to rightly
rule the people. And the people stood before Mosheh from morning until
evening.
Exod 18:14 And when the father-in-law of Mosheh saw all that he did for
the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do
you sit by yourself, and all the people stand before you from morning until
evening?”
Exod 18:15 And Mosheh said to his father-in-law, “Because the people
come to me to seek Elohim.
Exod 18:16 “When they have a matter, they come to me, and I rightly rule
between one and another, and make known the laws of Elohim and His
Torot.”
Exod 18:17 And the father-in-law of Mosheh said to him, “What you are
doing is not good.
Exod 18:18 “Both you and these people with you shall certainly wear
yourselves out. For the matter is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it
by yourself.
Exod 18:19 “Now listen to my voice. Let me counsel you and Elohim be
with you: Stand before Elohim for the people, and you shall bring the matters
to Elohim.
Exod 18:20 “And you shall enlighten them concerning the laws and the
Torot, and show them the way in which they should walk and the work which
they do.
Exod 18:21 “But you yourself, seek out from all the people able men, who
fear Elohim, men of truth, hating unfair gain. And place these over them to be
rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exod 18:22 “And they shall rightly rule the people at all times. And it shall
be that they bring every great matter to you, but they themselves rightly rule
every small matter. So, make it lighter for yourself, for they shall bear with
you.
Exod 18:23 “If you do this word, and Elohim shall command you, then you
shall be able to stand and all this people also go to their place in peace.”
Exod 18:24 And Mosheh listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did
all that he said.
Exod 18:25 And Mosheh chose able men out of all Yisra’ĕl, and made them
heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of
fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exod 18:26 And they rightly ruled the people at all times – the hard matters
they brought to Mosheh, but they rightly ruled every small matter themselves.
Exod 18:27 And Mosheh sent off his father-in-law, and he went away to his
own land.