RESTORATION SCRIPTURES TRUE NAME EDITION Study Bible

the sword of Pharaoh:
5 And Yithro, Moshe's abba-in-law, came with his sons
and his wife to Moshe into the wilderness, where he
camped at the mount of Elohim:
6 And he said to Moshe, I your abba-in-law Yithro have
come to you, with your wife, and her two sons with her.
7 And Moshe went out to meet his abba-in-law, and
bowed down, 264 and kissed him; and they asked each
other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
8 And Moshe told his abba-in-law all that vuvh had done
to Pharaoh and to the Mitzrim for Yisrael's sake, and all
the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how
vuvh delivered them.
9 And Yithro rejoiced for all the tov that vuvh had done to
Yisrael, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the
Mitzrim.
10 And Yithro said, Blessed be vuvh, who has delivered
you out of the hand of the Mitzrim, and out of the hand of
Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the
hand of the Mitzrim.
11 Now I know that vuvh is greater than all elohim: for in
the thing in which they dealt proudly He was above them.
12 And Yithro, Moshe's abba-in-law, took a burnt
offering and sacrifices for Elohim: and Aharon came, and
all the zechanim of Yisrael, to eat lechem with Moshe's
abba-in-law before Elohim.
13 And it came to pass the next day, that Moshe sat to
judge the people: and the people stood by Moshe from the
morning to the evening.
14 And when Moshe's abba-in-law saw all that he did for
the people, he said, What is this thing that you do for all
the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand
before you from morning to evening?
15 And Moshe said to his abba-in-law, Because the
people come to me to inquire of Elohim:
16 When they have a matter, they come to me; and I
judge between one and another, and I do make them know
the chukim of Elohim, and His Torot.
17 And Moshe's abba-in-law said to him, The thing that
you do is not tov.
18 You will surely wear away, both you, and this people
that is with you: for this thing is too heavy for you; you
are not able to perform it yourself all alone. 265
19 Listen now to my voice, I will give you counsel, and
Elohim shall be with you: Stand before Elohim for the
people, that you may bring the matters to Elohim:
20 And you shall teach them the ordinances and Torot,
and shall show them the derech in which they must have
their halacha, 266 and the work that they must do.
21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able
men, such as fear Elohim, men of emet, hating
covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of
thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and
rulers of tens: 267
22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it
shall be, that every great matter they shall bring to you,
but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be
easier for yourself, and they shall bear the burden with
you.
23 If you shall do this thing, and Elohim command you
so, then you shall be able to endure, and the entire people
shall also go to their place in shalom.
24 So Moshe listened to the voice of his abba-in-law, and
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did all that he had said.
25 And Moshe chose able men out of kol Yisrael, and
made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands,
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard
matters they brought to Moshe, but every small matter
they judged themselves.
27 And Moshe let his abba-in-law depart; and he went his
way into his own land.
In the third month, when the children of Yisrael had
gone forth out of the land of Mitzrayim, the same day
they came into the wilderness of Senai.
2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come
to the desert of Senai, and had camped in the wilderness;
and there Yisrael camped before the mount.
3 And Moshe went up to Elohim, and vuvh called to him
out of the mountain, saying, This shall you say to Beit
Yaakov, and tell the children of Yisrael;
4 You have seen what I did to the Mitzrim, and how I bore
you on eagles' wings, and brought you to Myself.
5 Now therefore, if you will obey My voice indeed, and
shomer My brit, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to
Me above all peoples: for all the earth is Mine:
6 And you shall be to Me a malchut of Kohanim, 268 19
and a
kadosh nation. These are the words that you shall speak
to the children of Yisrael.
7 And Moshe came and called for the zechanim of the
people, and set before them all these words that vuvh
commanded him.
8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that
vuvh has spoken we will do. And Moshe returned the
words of the people to vuvh.
9 And vuvh said to Moshe, See, I come to you in a thick
cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you,
and believe you le-olam-va-ed. And Moshe told the words
of the people to vuvh.
10 And vuvh said to Moshe, Go to the people, and set
them apart today and tomorrow, and let them wash their
clothes,
11 And be ready by the third day: for on the third day
vuvh will come down in the sight of all the people upon
Har Senai.
12 And you shall set borders for the people all around,
saying, Be careful, that you go not up into the mount, or
touch the border of it: whoever touches the mount shall
be surely put to death:
13 There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be
stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast, or man, it
shall not live: when the shofar sounds long, they shall
come near the mountain.
14 And Moshe went down from the mount to the people,
and set-apart the people; and they washed their clothes.
15 And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day:
approach not your wives in intimacy.
16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning,
that there was thunder and lightning, and a thick cloud
upon the mount, and the voice of the shofar exceedingly
loud; so that all the people that were in the camp
trembled.
17 And Moshe brought forth the people out of the camp
to meet with Elohim; and they stood at the foot of the
mountain.