¹ ἤκουσεν δὲ ιοθορ ὁ ἱερεὺς μαδιαμ ὁ γαμβρὸς μωυσῆ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν κύριος ισραηλ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ λαῷ ἐξήγαγεν γὰρ κύριος τὸν ισραηλ ἐξ αἰγύπτου

² ἔλαβεν δὲ ιοθορ ὁ γαμβρὸς μωυσῆ σεπφωραν τὴν γυναῖκα μωυσῆ μετὰ τὴν ἄφεσιν αὐτῆς

³ καὶ τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ὄνομα τῷ ἑνὶ αὐτῶν γηρσαμ λέγων πάροικος ἤμην ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ

⁴ καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ δευτέρου ελιεζερ λέγων ὁ γὰρ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου βοηθός μου καὶ ἐξείλατό με ἐκ χειρὸς φαραω

⁵ καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ιοθορ ὁ γαμβρὸς μωυσῆ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ πρὸς μωυσῆν εἰς τὴν ἔρημον οὗ παρενέβαλεν ἐπ' ὄρους τοῦ θεοῦ

⁶ ἀνηγγέλη δὲ μωυσεῖ λέγοντες ἰδοὺ ὁ γαμβρός σου ιοθορ παραγίνεται πρὸς σέ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ καὶ οἱ δύο υἱοί σου μετ' αὐτοῦ

⁷ ἐξῆλθεν δὲ μωυσῆς εἰς συνάντησιν τῷ γαμβρῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν καὶ ἠσπάσαντο ἀλλήλους καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν σκηνήν

⁸ καὶ διηγήσατο μωυσῆς τῷ γαμβρῷ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν κύριος τῷ φαραω καὶ τοῖς αἰγυπτίοις ἕνεκεν τοῦ ισραηλ καὶ πάντα τὸν μόχθον τὸν γενόμενον αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ὅτι ἐξείλατο αὐτοὺς κύριος ἐκ χειρὸς φαραω καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν αἰγυπτίων

⁹ ἐξέστη δὲ ιοθορ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς οἷς ἐποίησεν αὐτοῖς κύριος ὅτι ἐξείλατο αὐτοὺς ἐκ χειρὸς αἰγυπτίων καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς φαραω

¹⁰ καὶ εἶπεν ιοθορ εὐλογητὸς κύριος ὅτι ἐξείλατο τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκ χειρὸς αἰγυπτίων καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς φαραω

¹¹ νῦν ἔγνων ὅτι μέγας κύριος παρὰ πάντας τοὺς θεούς ἕνεκεν τούτου ὅτι ἐπέθεντο αὐτοῖς

¹² καὶ ἔλαβεν ιοθορ ὁ γαμβρὸς μωυσῆ ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ θυσίας τῷ θεῷ παρεγένετο δὲ ααρων καὶ πάντες οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ισραηλ συμφαγεῖν ἄρτον μετὰ τοῦ γαμβροῦ μωυσῆ ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ

¹³ καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὴν ἐπαύριον συνεκάθισεν μωυσῆς κρίνειν τὸν λαόν παρειστήκει δὲ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς μωυσεῖ ἀπὸ πρωίθεν ἕως ἑσπέρας

¹⁴ καὶ ἰδὼν ιοθορ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίει τῷ λαῷ λέγει τί τοῦτο ὃ σὺ ποιεῖς τῷ λαῷ διὰ τί σὺ κάθησαι μόνος πᾶς δὲ ὁ λαὸς παρέστηκέν σοι ἀπὸ πρωίθεν ἕως δείλης

¹⁵ καὶ λέγει μωυσῆς τῷ γαμβρῷ ὅτι παραγίνεται πρός με ὁ λαὸς ἐκζητῆσαι κρίσιν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ

¹⁶ ὅταν γὰρ γένηται αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογία καὶ ἔλθωσι πρός με διακρίνω ἕκαστον καὶ συμβιβάζω αὐτοὺς τὰ προστάγματα τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὸν νόμον αὐτοῦ

¹⁷ εἶπεν δὲ ὁ γαμβρὸς μωυσῆ πρὸς αὐτόν οὐκ ὀρθῶς σὺ ποιεῖς τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο

¹⁸ φθορᾷ καταφθαρήσῃ ἀνυπομονήτῳ καὶ σὺ καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς οὗτος ὅς ἐστιν μετὰ σοῦ βαρύ σοι τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο οὐ δυνήσῃ ποιεῖν μόνος

¹⁹ νῦν οὖν ἄκουσόν μου καὶ συμβουλεύσω σοι καὶ ἔσται ὁ θεὸς μετὰ σοῦ γίνου σὺ τῷ λαῷ τὰ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ ἀνοίσεις τοὺς λόγους αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν

²⁰ καὶ διαμαρτυρῇ αὐτοῖς τὰ προστάγματα τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὸν νόμον αὐτοῦ καὶ σημανεῖς αὐτοῖς τὰς ὁδούς ἐν αἷς πορεύσονται ἐν αὐταῖς καὶ τὰ ἔργα ἃ ποιήσουσιν

²¹ καὶ σὺ σεαυτῷ σκέψαι ἀπὸ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ ἄνδρας δυνατοὺς θεοσεβεῖς ἄνδρας δικαίους μισοῦντας ὑπερηφανίαν καὶ καταστήσεις αὐτοὺς ἐπ' αὐτῶν χιλιάρχους καὶ ἑκατοντάρχους καὶ πεντηκοντάρχους καὶ δεκαδάρχους

²² καὶ κρινοῦσιν τὸν λαὸν πᾶσαν ὥραν τὸ δὲ ῥῆμα τὸ ὑπέρογκον ἀνοίσουσιν ἐπὶ σέ τὰ δὲ βραχέα τῶν κριμάτων κρινοῦσιν αὐτοὶ καὶ κουφιοῦσιν ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ συναντιλήμψονταί σοι

²³ ἐὰν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ποιήσῃς κατισχύσει σε ὁ θεός καὶ δυνήσῃ παραστῆναι καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς οὗτος εἰς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τόπον μετ' εἰρήνης ἥξει

²⁴ ἤκουσεν δὲ μωυσῆς τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ γαμβροῦ καὶ ἐποίησεν ὅσα αὐτῷ εἶπεν

²⁵ καὶ ἐπέλεξεν μωυσῆς ἄνδρας δυνατοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς ισραηλ καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς ἐπ' αὐτῶν χιλιάρχους καὶ ἑκατοντάρχους καὶ πεντηκοντάρχους καὶ δεκαδάρχους

²⁶ καὶ ἐκρίνοσαν τὸν λαὸν πᾶσαν ὥραν πᾶν δὲ ῥῆμα ὑπέρογκον ἀνεφέροσαν ἐπὶ μωυσῆν πᾶν δὲ ῥῆμα ἐλαφρὸν ἐκρίνοσαν αὐτοί

²⁷ ἐξαπέστειλεν δὲ μωυσῆς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ γαμβρόν καὶ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ

²³ εὐφράνθητε οὐρανοί ὅτι ἠλέησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ισραηλ σαλπίσατε θεμέλια τῆς γῆς βοήσατε ὄρη εὐφροσύνην οἱ βουνοὶ καὶ πάντα τὰ ξύλα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς ὅτι ἐλυτρώσατο ὁ θεὸς τὸν ιακωβ καὶ ισραηλ δοξασθήσεται

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

² "Command the children of Israel, and tell them, 'My offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to me, you shall observe to offer to me in their due season.'

³ You shall tell them, 'This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to Yahweh: male lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.

⁴ You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other lamb at evening;

⁵ with the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.

⁶ It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

⁷ Its drink offering shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb. You shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to Yahweh in the holy place.

⁸ The other lamb you shall offer at evening: as the meal offering of the morning, and as the drink offering of it, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

⁹ "'On the Sabbath day two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, and the drink offering of it:

¹⁰ this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering of it.

¹¹ "'In the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;

¹² and three tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram;

¹³ and a tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering to every lamb; for a burnt offering of a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

¹⁴ Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

¹⁵ One male goat for a sin offering to Yahweh; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering of it.

¹⁶ "'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Yahweh's Passover.

¹⁷ On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

¹⁸ In the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work;

¹⁹ but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;

²⁰ and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil: you shall offer three tenth parts for a bull, and two tenth parts for the ram.

²¹ You shall offer a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;

²² and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you.

²³ You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.

²⁴ In this way you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering of it.

²⁵ On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.

²⁶ "'Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to Yahweh in your [feast of] weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work;

²⁷ but you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;

²⁸ and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for each bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,

²⁹ a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;

³⁰ one male goat, to make atonement for you.

³¹ Besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, you shall offer them (they shall be to you without blemish), and their drink offerings.