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10 “Bless the Lord,” Jethro said, “for he has saved you from the Egyptians and from Pharaoh, and has rescued Israel. 11 I know now that the Lord is greater than any other god because he delivered his people from the proud and cruel Egyptians.”

12 Jethro offered sacrifices to God,[a] and afterwards Aaron and the leaders of Israel came to meet Jethro, and they all ate the sacrificial meal together before the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 18:12 sacrifices to God, literally, “a burnt offering and sacrifices for God.”

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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