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The Ten Commandments (illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by the Providence Lithograph Company). Yitro, Yithro, Yisroi, Yisrau, or Yisro (יִתְרוֹ , Hebrew for the name "Jethro," the second word and first distinctive word in the parashah) is the seventeenth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in ...
Jethro's daughter, Zipporah, became Moses' wife after Moses fled Egypt for killing an Egyptian who was beating an enslaved Hebrew. Having fled to Midian, Moses intervened in a water-access dispute between Jethro's seven daughters and the local shepherds; Jethro consequently invited Moses into his home and offered him hospitality.
In the Hebrew Bible, Moses is described as a shophet over the Israelites and appoints others to whom cases were delegated following the advice of Jethro, his Midianite father-in-law. [12] The Book of Judges mentions twelve leaders who are said to "judge" Israel: Othniel , Ehud , Shamgar , Deborah , Gideon , Tola , Jair , Jephthah , Ibzan , Elon ...
Moses returns after a year to tell Jethro of his successful journey. Moses tells Jethro how he found the book and that he now can command the skies and mountains and knows the language of all animals. Jethro tells Moses that he has a mission for him, the mission being to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Moses is unsure about this and ...
Jethro advises Moses to establish a system of courts to relieve Moses of the crushing burden of judging all disputes. PEOPLE: Jethro - Moses - יהוה YHVH God - children of Israel - Zipporah - Gershom - Eliezer - Aaron. PLACES: Midian - Egypt. RELATED ARTICLES: Yitro (parsha) - Pharaoh - Ancient Egypt
Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, convinces him to appoint judges for the tribes of Israel. The Israelites reach the Sinai Desert and Yahweh calls Moses to Mount Sinai , where Yahweh reveals himself to his people and establishes the Ten Commandments and Mosaic covenant : the Israelites are to keep his torah (law, instruction), and Yahweh ...
“The word ‘loyalty’ is often used,” Bolton told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I think that’s the wrong word, actually. I think what Trump wants from his advisers is fealty, really a feudal ...
In the narrative, an angel of the Lord is described as appearing in a bush [7] and God is subsequently described as calling out from it to Moses, who had been grazing Jethro's flocks there. [2] When Moses starts to approach, God tells Moses to take off his sandals first due to the place being a sacred space. [8]