Exodus 17:1–18:27
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Exodus 17:1–18:27 · Psalm 17 (MT: 18) · Proverbs 6:16–19 · Matthew 22:1–22
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1And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their encampments, by the word of the Lord; and they encamped in Raphidin: and there was no water for the people to drink.
1All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to Yahweh’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
2And the people reviled Moses, saying, Give us water, that we may drink; and Moses said to them, Why do ye revile me, and why tempt ye the Lord?
2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”
3And the people thirsted there for water, and therethe people murmured against Moses, saying, Why is this? hast thou brought us up out of Egyptto slay us and our childrenand our cattle with thirst?
3The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”
4And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little while and they will stone me.
4Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
5And the Lord said to Moses, Go before this people, and take to thyself of the elders of the people; and the rod with which thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and thou shalt go.
5Yahweh said to Moses, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6Behold, I stand there before thou [come], on the rock in Choreb, and thou shalt smite the rock, and water shall come out from it, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so before the sons of Israel.
6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7And he called the name of that place , Temptation, and Reviling, because of the reviling of the children of Israel , and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among usor not?
7He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”
8And Amalec came and fought with Israel in Raphidin.
8Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9And Moses said to Joshua, Choose out for thyself mighty men , and go forth and set the army in array against Amalec to-morrow; and, behold, I [shall] stand on the top of the hill, and the rod of God [will be] in my hand.
9Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.”
10And Joshua did as Moses said to him, and he went out and set the army in array against Amalec, and Moses and Aaronand Or went up to the top of the hill.
10So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11And it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalec prevailed.
11When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12But the hands of Moseswere heavy, and they took a stoneand put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Or supported his handsone on this sideand the other on that, and the hands of Moses were supported till the going down of the sun.
12But Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.
13And Joshua routed Amalec and all his people with the slaughter of the sword.
13Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14And the Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and speak [this] in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the memorial of Amalec from under heaven.
14Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”
15And Moses built an altar to the Lord, and called the name of it, The Lord my Refuge.
15Moses built an altar, and called its name “Yahweh our Banner”.
16For with a secret hand the Lord wages war upon Amalec to all generations.
16He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”
1And Jothor the priest of Madiam, the father-in-law of Moses, heard of all that the Lord did to his people Israel; for the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt.
1Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.
2And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, took Sepphora the wife of Mosesafter she had been sent away,
2Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
3and her two sons: the name of the one was Gersam, [his father] saying, I was a sojourner in a strange land;—
3and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.
4and the name of the second Eliezer, saying, For the God of my father [is] my helper, and he has rescued me out of the hand of Pharao.
4The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
5And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, and his sons and his wife, went forth to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped on the mount of God.
5Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.
6And it was told Moses, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law Jothor is coming to thee, and thy wife and two sons with him.
6He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”
7And Moses went forth to meet his father-in-law, and did him reverence, and kissed him, and they embraced each other , and he brought them into the tent.
7Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.
8And Moses related to his father-in-law all things that the Lord did to Pharao and all the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the labour that had befallen them in the way, and that the Lord had rescued them out of the hand of Pharao, and out of the hand of the Egyptians.
8Moses 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.
9And Jothor was amazed at all the good things which the Lord did to them, forasmuch as he rescued them out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharao.
9Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10And Jothor said, Blessed be the Lord, because he has rescued them out of the hand of the Egyptiansand out of the hand of Pharao.
10Jethro 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.
11Now know I that the Lord is great above all gods, because of this, wherein they attacked them.
11Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”
12And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses took whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices for God, for Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
12Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.
13And it came to pass after the morrow that Moses sat to judge the people, and all the people stood by Moses from morning till evening.
13On the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.
14And Jothor having seen all that [Moses] did to the people, says, What is this that thou doest to the people? wherefore sittest thou alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning till evening?
14When 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?”
15And Moses says to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to seek judgment from God.
15Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
16For whenever there is a dispute among them, and they come to me, I give judgment upon each, and I teach them the ordinances of Godand his law.
16When 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.”
17And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, Thou dost not this thing rightly,
17Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.
18thou wilt wear away with intolerable weariness, both thou and all this people which is with thee: this thing is hard, thou wilt not be able to endure it thyself alone.
18You 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.
19Now then hearken to me, and I will advise thee, and God shall be with thee: be thou to the people in the things pertaining to God, and thou shalt bring their matters to God.
19Listen 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.
20And thou shalt testify to them the ordinances of God and his law, and thou shalt shew to them the ways in which they shall walk, and the works which they shall do.
20You 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.
21And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men , hating pride, and thou shalt set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.
21Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which 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.
22And they shall judge the people at all times, and the too burdensome matter they shall bring to thee, but they shall judge the smaller cases; so they shall relieve thee and help thee.
22Let 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.
23If thou wilt do this thing, God shall strengthen thee, and thou shalt be able to attend, and all this people shall come with peace into their own place .
23If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace.”
24And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did whatsoever he said to him.
24So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
25And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fiftiesand captains of tens over the people.
25Moses 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.
26And they judged the people at all times; and every too burdensome matter they brought to Moses, but every light matter they judged themselves.
26They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
27And Moses dismissed his father-in-law , and he returned to his own land.
27Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.