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Exodus 18:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Moses told Jethro everything the Lord had done for the Israelites. He told what the Lord did to Pharaoh and the people of Egypt. He told about all the problems they had along the way. And he told his father-in-law how the Lord saved the Israelites every time there was trouble.

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Everyone the Lord has saved should repeat that word of thanks. Praise him, all who have been rescued from the enemy.

He saved our ancestors and rescued them from their enemies.

When you were in trouble, you called for help, and I set you free. I was hidden in the storm clouds, and I answered you. I tested you by the water at Meribah.” Selah

Our God, you are the great God, the awesome, powerful soldier! You are kind and loyal. You keep your agreement. We have had many troubles, and our troubles are important to you. Bad things happened to all our people, and to our kings and leaders, and to our priests and prophets. Those terrible things have happened from the days of the king of Assyria until today!

While Moses was at Kadesh, he sent some men with a message to the king of Edom. The message said, “This is what your brothers, the Israelites, say to you: You know about all the troubles we have had.

All you people who worship God, come and I will tell you what he has done for me.

Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, was a priest in Midian. He heard about the many ways that God helped Moses and the Israelites. He heard about the Lord leading the Israelites out of Egypt.

They said, “It would have been better if the Lord had just killed us in the land of Egypt. At least there we had plenty to eat. We had all the food we needed. But now you have brought us out here into this desert to make us all die from hunger.”

They will be filled with fear when they see your strength. They will be as still as a rock, Lord, while your people, the ones you made, pass by.

“Lord, your right hand is amazingly strong. With your right hand, Lord, you broke the enemy to pieces.

I cannot go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I am very afraid of what would happen to my father.”

And I am telling you to let my son go and worship me. If you refuse to let Israel go, then I will kill your firstborn son.’”

But he will still refuse to listen. So then I will punish Egypt very much. And I will lead my army, my people, out of that land.

I will punish the people of Egypt, and they will learn that I am the Lord. Then I will lead my people out of their country.”

God saw the troubles of the Israelites, and he knew that he would soon help them.

“My angel will lead you through the land. He will lead you against many different people—the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites. But I will defeat all of them.

But the Lord saved our ancestors for the honor of his name. He saved them to show his great power.




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