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10 And Jethro said, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharaoh—who has delivered the people from under the hand of Egypt. 11 Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all the gods, even in the matter where they the Egyptians dealt arrogantly against the Israelites.”[a] 12 And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 18:11 Literally “because in the thing that they dealt arrogantly over them”

10 He said, “Praise be to the Lord,(A) who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods,(B) for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.”(C) 12 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law,(D) brought a burnt offering(E) and other sacrifices(F) to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal(G) with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence(H) of God.

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