and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.
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?”
Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will.
They put him in custody until the will of the Lord should be made clear to them.
Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly,
Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.”