⁷ Then Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and ^(A)he bowed down and ^(B)kissed him; and they ^(C)asked each other about their welfare, and went into the tent.

^12 (A)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]a meal with Moses’ father-in-law before God.

Jethro Counsels Moses

¹³ And it came about the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood before Moses from the morning until the evening. 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 before you from morning until evening?” ¹⁵ Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me ^(B)to inquire of God. ¹⁶ When they have a ^[b](C)dispute, it comes to me, and I judge between someone and his neighbor and make known the statutes of God and His laws.”