⁷ So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down^(A) and kissed^(B) him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent.

¹² Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law,^(A) brought a burnt offering^(B) and other sacrifices^(C) to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal^(D) with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence^(E) of God.

¹³ The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. ¹⁴ When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”

¹⁵ Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will.^{(F) 16} Whenever they have a dispute,^(G) it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”^(H)