Exodus 18

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Exodus 18 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recounts Moses’ father-in-law Jethro visiting the Israelites in the wilderness and advising Moses to establish a system of delegated judges to share his leadership burden.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Exodus 18 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter of the Bible ⓘ
chapter of the Book of Exodus ⓘ
characterRoleOfEliezer son of Moses ⓘ
characterRoleOfGershom son of Moses ⓘ
characterRoleOfJethro father-in-law of Moses ⓘ
priest of Midian ⓘ
characterRoleOfZipporah wife of Moses ⓘ
concludesWith Jethro returning to his own land ⓘ
containsVerseRange Exodus 18:1–27 ⓘ
describesEvent Jethro’s advice on delegated leadership ⓘ
Jethro’s blessing of the God of Israel ⓘ
Jethro’s observation of Moses judging the people ⓘ
appointment of subordinate judges ⓘ
reunion of Moses with his wife and sons ⓘ
sacrificial meal before God ⓘ
visit of Jethro to Moses ⓘ
follows Exodus 17 ⓘ
linked to: Battle at Rephidim
keyInstruction appoint rulers of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens ⓘ
let the difficult cases be brought to Moses ⓘ
select capable, God-fearing, trustworthy men as officials ⓘ
literaryFunction prepares for the giving of the law at Sinai ⓘ
presents a model of shared leadership ⓘ
mainCharacter Eliezer ⓘ
Gershom ⓘ
Jethro ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
Zipporah ⓘ
mentions God of Israel ⓘ
linked to: God

Israelites ⓘ
Midian ⓘ
linked to: land of Midian
partOf Book of Exodus ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible

Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to: Five Books of Moses

Torah ⓘ
precedes Exodus 19 ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Samaritanism ⓘ
setting wilderness near Mount Sinai ⓘ
theme acknowledgment of Israel’s God by a foreign priest ⓘ
administration of justice ⓘ
family reunion ⓘ
judicial organization ⓘ
leadership delegation ⓘ
wise counsel ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jethro → mentionedIn → Exodus 18 ⓘ
Exodus 19 → follows → Exodus 18 ⓘ