9 Jethro rejoiced over all the goodness that the Lord had shown Israel in rescuing them from the power of the Egyptians.
10 “Blessed be the Lord,” he said, “who has rescued you from the power of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh.
11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; for he rescued the people from the power of the Egyptians when they treated them arrogantly.”
12 Then Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to share with Moses’ father-in-law in the meal before God.
13 The next day Moses sat in judgment for the people, while they stood around him from morning until evening.
14 When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this business that you are conducting for the people? Why do you sit alone while all the people have to stand about you from morning till evening?”
15 Moses answered his father-in-law, “The people come to me to consult God.