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The Situation

Israel had just defeated Amalek by the hand of God. Joshua had battled while Moses held his hands high in supplication to the Lord (Ex 17:8-13). After this Jethro, Moses' father-in-law came with the man of God's sons, and his wife, to meet with him where he was camped in the wilderness at the foot of the mountain of God (Ex 18:5). Moses bowed down before his father-in-law and kissed him. Then according to custom, they inquired of each other's welfare before they entered the tent (Ex 18:7).

It was in that tent that Moses related to his father-in-law all that the Lord had done. The plagues of Egypt, the defeat of Pharaoh for Israel's sake, and God's deliverance from the hardships of the wilderness. This caused Jethro to glorify God and recognize Him as supreme over all the gods of the surrounding nations. Listen as Jethro rejoices.

Ex 18:8-12
9 Jethro rejoiced over all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel , in delivering them from the hand of the Egyptians. 10 So Jethro said, "Blessed be the LORD who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, and who delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians." 11 "Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods; indeed, it was proven when they dealt proudly against the people." 12 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses' father-in-law before God.
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The next day when they arose Moses went about doing what he normally did, he sat to judge the people. The Scripture states that the people gathered around Moses from morning until evening (talk about a long day). As Jethro beheld this he couldn't believe what he was seeing and questioned Moses about his actions.

Ex 18:14
14 Now when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, "What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge and all the people stand about you from morning until evening?"
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Moses responded to the inquiry of his father-in-law

Ex 18:15b -16
Because the people come to me to inquire of God. 16 When they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor and make known the statutes of God and His laws.
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