| 1 | And Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people—that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. |
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ΉκουσενδὲΙοθοροιερεὺςΜαδιαμογαμβρὸςΜωυσῆπάντα,όσαεποίησενκύριοςΙσραηλτῶεαυτοῦλαῶ·εξήγαγενγὰρκύριοςτὸνΙσραηλεξΑιγύπτου.
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| 2 | Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, |
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έλαβενδὲΙοθορογαμβρὸςΜωυσῆΣεπφωραντὴνγυναῖκαΜωυσῆμετὰτὴνάφεσιναυτῆς
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| 3 | with her two sons, of whom the name of one was Gershom (for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land”) |
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καὶτοὺςδύουιοὺςαυτοῦ·όνοματῶενὶαυτῶνΓηρσαμλέγωνΠάροικοςήμηνενγῆαλλοτρία·
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| 4 | and the name of the other was Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”); |
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καὶτὸόνοματοῦδευτέρουΕλιεζερλέγωνΟγὰρθεὸςτοῦπατρόςμουβοηθόςμουκαὶεξείλατόμεεκχειρὸςΦαραω.
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| 5 | and Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mountain of God. |
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καὶεξῆλθενΙοθορογαμβρὸςΜωυσῆκαὶοιυιοὶκαὶηγυνὴπρὸςΜωυσῆνειςτὴνέρημον,οῦπαρενέβαλενεπ᾿όρουςτοῦθεοῦ.
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| 6 | Now he had said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her.” |
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ανηγγέληδὲΜωυσεῖλέγοντεςΙδοὺογαμβρόςσουΙοθορπαραγίνεταιπρὸςσέ,καὶηγυνὴκαὶοιδύουιοίσουμετ᾿αυτοῦ.
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| 7 | So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and kissed him. And they asked each other about their well-being, and they went into the tent. |
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εξῆλθενδὲΜωυσῆςειςσυνάντησιντῶγαμβρῶαυτοῦκαὶπροσεκύνησεναυτῶκαὶεφίλησεναυτόν,καὶησπάσαντοαλλήλους·καὶεισήγαγεναυτὸνειςτὴνσκηνήν.
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| 8 | And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had come upon them on the way, and how the LORD had delivered them. |
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καὶδιηγήσατοΜωυσῆςτῶγαμβρῶπάντα,όσαεποίησενκύριοςτῶΦαραωκαὶτοῖςΑιγυπτίοιςένεκεντοῦΙσραηλ,καὶπάντατὸνμόχθοντὸνγενόμενοναυτοῖςεντῆοδῶκαὶότιεξείλατοαυτοὺςκύριοςεκχειρὸςΦαραωκαὶεκχειρὸςτῶνΑιγυπτίων.
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| 9 | Then Jethro rejoiced for all the good which the LORD had done for Israel, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. |
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εξέστηδὲΙοθορεπὶπᾶσιτοῖςαγαθοῖς,οῖςεποίησεναυτοῖςκύριος,ότιεξείλατοαυτοὺςεκχειρὸςΑιγυπτίωνκαὶεκχειρὸςΦαραω.
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| 10 | And Jethro said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. |
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καὶεῖπενΙοθορΕυλογητὸςκύριος,ότιεξείλατοτὸνλαὸναυτοῦεκχειρὸςΑιγυπτίωνκαὶεκχειρὸςΦαραω·
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| 11 | Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods; for in the very thing in which they behaved proudly, He was above them.” |
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νῦνέγνωνότιμέγαςκύριοςπαρὰπάνταςτοὺςθεούς,ένεκεντούτουότιεπέθεντοαυτοῖς.
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| 12 | Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and other sacrifices to offer to God. And Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God. |
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καὶέλαβενΙοθορογαμβρὸςΜωυσῆολοκαυτώματακαὶθυσίαςτῶθεῶ·παρεγένετοδὲΑαρωνκαὶπάντεςοιπρεσβύτεροιΙσραηλσυμφαγεῖνάρτονμετὰτοῦγαμβροῦΜωυσῆεναντίοντοῦθεοῦ.
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| 13 | And so it was, on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood before Moses from morning until evening. |
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ΚαὶεγένετομετὰτὴνεπαύριονσυνεκάθισενΜωυσῆςκρίνειντὸνλαόν·παρειστήκειδὲπᾶςολαὸςΜωυσεῖαπὸπρωίθενέωςεσπέρας.
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| 14 | So when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?” |
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καὶιδὼνΙοθορπάντα,όσαεποίειτῶλαῶ,λέγειΤίτοῦτο,ὸσὺποιεῖςτῶλαῶ;διὰτίσὺκάθησαιμόνος,πᾶςδὲολαὸςπαρέστηκένσοιαπὸπρωίθενέωςδείλης;
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| 15 | And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God. |
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καὶλέγειΜωυσῆςτῶγαμβρῶότιΠαραγίνεταιπρόςμεολαὸςεκζητῆσαικρίσινπαρὰτοῦθεοῦ·
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| 16 | When they have a difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.” |
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ότανγὰργένηταιαυτοῖςαντιλογίακαὶέλθωσιπρόςμε,διακρίνωέκαστονκαὶσυμβιβάζωαυτοὺςτὰπροστάγματατοῦθεοῦκαὶτὸννόμοναυτοῦ.
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| 17 | So Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good. |
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| 18 | Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out. For this thing is too much for you; you are not able to perform it by yourself. |
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φθορᾶκαταφθαρήσηανυπομονήτωκαὶσὺκαὶπᾶςολαὸςοῦτος,όςεστινμετὰσοῦ·βαρύσοιτὸρῆματοῦτο,ουδυνήσηποιεῖνμόνος.
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| 19 | Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you: Stand before God for the people, so that you may bring the difficulties to God. |
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νῦνοῦνάκουσόνμου,καὶσυμβουλεύσωσοι,καὶέσταιοθεὸςμετὰσοῦ.γίνουσὺτῶλαῶτὰπρὸςτὸνθεὸνκαὶανοίσειςτοὺςλόγουςαυτῶνπρὸςτὸνθεὸν
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| 20 | And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do. |
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καὶδιαμαρτυρῆαυτοῖςτὰπροστάγματατοῦθεοῦκαὶτὸννόμοναυτοῦκαὶσημανεῖςαυτοῖςτὰςοδούς,εναῖςπορεύσονταιεναυταῖς,καὶτὰέργα,ὰποιήσουσιν.
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| 21 | Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. |
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καὶσὺσεαυτῶσκέψαιαπὸπαντὸςτοῦλαοῦάνδραςδυνατοὺςθεοσεβεῖς,άνδραςδικαίουςμισοῦνταςυπερηφανίαν,καὶκαταστήσειςαυτοὺςεπ᾿αυτῶνχιλιάρχουςκαὶεκατοντάρχουςκαὶπεντηκοντάρχουςκαὶδεκαδάρχους,
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| 22 | And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. So it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you. |
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καὶκρινοῦσιντὸνλαὸνπᾶσανώραν·τὸδὲρῆματὸυπέρογκονανοίσουσινεπὶσέ,τὰδὲβραχέατῶνκριμάτωνκρινοῦσιναυτοὶκαὶκουφιοῦσιναπὸσοῦκαὶσυναντιλήμψονταίσοι.
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| 23 | If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their place in peace.” |
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εὰντὸρῆματοῦτοποιήσης,κατισχύσεισεοθεός,καὶδυνήσηπαραστῆναι,καὶπᾶςολαὸςοῦτοςειςτὸνεαυτοῦτόπονμετ᾿ειρήνηςήξει.
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| 24 | So Moses heeded the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. |
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ήκουσενδὲΜωυσῆςτῆςφωνῆςτοῦγαμβροῦκαὶεποίησενόσααυτῶεῖπεν.
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| 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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καὶεπέλεξενΜωυσῆςάνδραςδυνατοὺςαπὸπαντὸςΙσραηλκαὶεποίησεναυτοὺςεπ᾿αυτῶνχιλιάρχουςκαὶεκατοντάρχουςκαὶπεντηκοντάρχουςκαὶδεκαδάρχους,
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| 26 | So they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but they judged every small case themselves. |
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καὶεκρίνοσαντὸνλαὸνπᾶσανώραν·πᾶνδὲρῆμαυπέρογκονανεφέροσανεπὶΜωυσῆν,πᾶνδὲρῆμαελαφρὸνεκρίνοσαναυτοί.
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| 27 | Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way to his own land. |
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εξαπέστειλενδὲΜωυσῆςτὸνεαυτοῦγαμβρόν,καὶαπῆλθενειςτὴνγῆναυτοῦ.
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