Trouvé 1518 Résultats pour: Chosen People
So on the seventh day the people kept the sabbath rest. (Exodus 16, 30)
Then the whole people of Israel left the desert of Sin, moving on from stage to stage as the Lord directed them, and encamped at Raphidim. But here they had no water to drink, (Exodus 17, 1)
But the people, thirsting for lack of water, grew loud in their complaints against Moses; Didst thou bring us away from Egypt, they said, only to let as die here, with our children and our cattle, of thirst? (Exodus 17, 3)
So the Lord bade Moses march out at the head of the people, taking some of the elders of Israel with him; and as he went, he was to carry in his hand the staff which he had used to smite the river. (Exodus 17, 5)
I will meet thee, he said, at the rock of Horeb; thou hast but to smite that rock, and water will flow out of it, to give the people drink. All this Moses did, with the elders of Israel to witness it; (Exodus 17, 6)
And now news reached Jethro, priest of Madian, Moses’ father-in-law, of all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the Lord had rescued Israel from Egypt. (Exodus 18, 1)
The story of the Lord’s mercies to an oppressed people in delivering them from the power of Egypt rejoiced Jethro’s heart; (Exodus 18, 9)
Next day, Moses was in his place deciding disputes among the people, who must stand there from morning till evening waiting for an audience with him; (Exodus 18, 13)
and when Jethro saw how he busied himself over the people’s needs, he asked, What makest thou here among the people? Why dost thou sit there alone, with all the people waiting upon thee from morning till evening? (Exodus 18, 14)
Thou wilt wear out thy own strength, and the patience of this people that goes with thee, and to no purpose; it is beyond thy powers to sustain this office all alone. (Exodus 18, 18)
Here is a word of advice for thee; do but listen, and God will speed thee. Thy part is to be the representative of this people with God, referring all their affairs to him, (Exodus 18, 19)
Meanwhile, choose out here and there among the people able men, God-fearing, lovers of truth and haters of gain ill won; put each of these in charge of a tribe, or of a hundred families, or fifty families, or ten.✻ (Exodus 18, 21)
