into the tent. 018:008 Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them. 018:009 Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. 018:010 Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 018:011 Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them." 018:012 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God. 018:013 It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening. 018:014 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?" 018:015 Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God. 018:016 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws." 018:017 Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good. 018:018 You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone. 018:019 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God. 018:020 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. 018:021 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 018:022 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you. 018:023 If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go to their place in peace." 018:024 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.