## Onkelos Exodus Chapter 18

###### Onkelos Exodus 18:1
[Onkelos Exodus 18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:1)

וּשְׁמַע יִתְרוֹ **רַבָּא** דְמִדְיָן חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה יַת כָּל דִי עֲבַד יְיָ לְמשֶׁה וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַמֵהּ אֲרֵי אַפִּיק יְיָ יָת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִצְרָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yisro heard—priest [**minister**] of Midian, Moshe’s father-in-law—about all that Elohim had done for Moshe and for His people Yisrael, that Adonoy brought Yisrael out of Egypt.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:2
[Onkelos Exodus 18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:2)

וּדְבַר יִתְרוֹ חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה יָת צִפֹּרָה אִתַּת משֶׁה בָּתַר דְפַטְרַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe’s father-in-law, Yisro took Moshe’s wife, Tzipporah, after he had sent her back [home],


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:3
[Onkelos Exodus 18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:3)

וְיָת תְּרֵין בְּנָהָא דִי שׁוּם חַד גֵרְשֹׁם אֲרֵי אֲמַר דַיָר הֲוֵיתִי בְּאַרְעָא נוּכְרָאָה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
along with her two sons. The name of one was Gershom, because he [Moshe] had said, “I was a stranger in an alien land.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:4
[Onkelos Exodus 18:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:4)

וְשׁוּם חַד אֱלִיעֶזֶר אֲרֵי אֱלָהָא דְאַבָּא הֲוָה בְסַעְדִי וְשֵׁזְבַנִי מֵחַרְבָּא דְפַרְעֹה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The name of the [other] one was Eliezer, because the God of my father was my help, and rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:5
[Onkelos Exodus 18:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:5)

וַאֲתָא יִתְרוֹ חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה וּבְנוֹהִי וְאִתְּתֵהּ לְוָת משֶׁה לְמַדְבְּרָא דִי הוּא שָׁרֵי תַמָן לְטוּרָא **דְאִתְגְלֵי עֲלוֹהִי יְקָרָא דַ**יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe’s father-in-law, Yisro came, along with his [Moshe’s] sons, and wife, to Moshe, to the desert where he was camped near the mountain [**upon which the Glory**] of God [**was revealed**].


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:6
[Onkelos Exodus 18:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:6)

וַאֲמַר לְמשֶׁה אֲנָא חֲמוּךְ יִתְרוֹ אָתֵי לְוָתָךְ וְאִתְּתָךְ וּתְרֵין בְּנָהָא עִמַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He said to Moshe, “I, your father-in-law, Yisro, am coming to you along with your wife; her two sons are with her.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:7
[Onkelos Exodus 18:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:7)

וּנְפַק משֶׁה לְקַדָמוּת חֲמוּהִי וּסְגִיד וּנְשִׁיק לֵהּ וּשְׁאִילוּ גְבַר לְחַבְרֵהּ לִשְׁלָם וְעַלוּ לְמַשְׁכְּנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe went out to greet his father-in-law. He prostrated himself and [then] kissed him. They asked after each other’s well being, and went into the tent.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:8
[Onkelos Exodus 18:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:8)

וְאִשְׁתָּעִי משֶׁה לַחֲמוּהִי יָת כָּל דִי עֲבַד יְיָ לְפַרְעֹה וּלְמִצְרָאֵי עַל עֵסַק יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת כָּל עַקְתָא דִי אַשְׁכַּחְתִּנוּן בְּאָרְחָא וְשֵׁזְבָנוּן יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe told his father-in-law all that Adonoy had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt for the sake of Yisrael; including all the hardship that had befallen them on the way, and [how] Adonoy had rescued them.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:9
[Onkelos Exodus 18:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:9)

וַחֲדִי יִתְרוֹ עַל כָּל טַבְתָא דִי עֲבַד יְיָ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל דִי שֵׁזְבֵיהּ מִידָא דְמִצְרָאֵי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yisro rejoiced over all the good that Adonoy had done for Yisrael; that He had rescued them from the hand of Egypt.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:10
[Onkelos Exodus 18:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:10)

וַאֲמַר יִתְרוֹ בְּרִיךְ יְיָ דִי שֵׁזִיב יָתְכוֹן מִידָא דְמִצְרָאֵי וּמִידָא דְפַרְעֹה דִי שֵׁזִיב יָת עַמָא מִתְּחוֹת **מַרְוַת מִצְרָאֵי**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yisro said, “Blessed is Adonoy Who rescued you from the hand of Egypt, and from the hand of Pharaoh; Who rescued the people from under the hand [**domination**] of Egypt [**the Egyptians**].


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:11
[Onkelos Exodus 18:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:11)

כְּעַן יְדַעְנָא אֲרֵי **רַב יְיָ וְלֵית אֱלָהּ בַּר מִנֵהּ** אֲרֵי **בְּפִתְגָמָא דִי חַשִׁיבוּ מִצְרָאֵי לְמִדַן יָת יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּהּ דָנִנוּן**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Now I know that Adonoy is greater than all the gods, [**great, and there is no god besides Him,**] because [**with**] the very thing [**through which the Egyptians**] they plotted [**to punish Yisrael**] came upon them [**they themselves were punished**].”


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:12
[Onkelos Exodus 18:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:12)

**וְקָרִיב** יִתְרוֹ חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה עֲלָוָן וְנִכְסַת קוּדְשִׁין **קֳדָם** יְיָ וַאֲתָא אַהֲרֹן וְכֹל סָבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֵיכַל לַחְמָא עִם חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה **קֳדָם** יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[Then] Yisro, Moshe’s father-in-law, brought [**offered**] a burnt-offering and [peace]-offerings to [**before**] God. Aharon and all the elders of Yisrael came to eat bread with [Yisro,] Moshe’s father-in-law, before God.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:13
[Onkelos Exodus 18:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:13)

וַהֲוָה מִיוֹמָא דְבַתְרוֹהִי וִיתֵיב משֶׁה לְמִדַן יָת עַמָא וְקָם עַמָא עִלָוֹהִי דְמשֶׁה מִן צַפְרָא עַד רַמְשָׁא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
It was on the following day [that] Moshe sat to judge the people and the people stood around Moshe from morning until evening.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:14
[Onkelos Exodus 18:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:14)

וַחֲזָא חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה יָת כָּל דִי הוּא עָבֵד לְעַמָא וַאֲמַר מָה פִתְגָמָא הָדֵין דִי אַתְּ עָבֵד לְעַמָא מָה דֵין אַתְּ יָתֵב בִּלְחוֹדָךְ וְכָל עַמָא קָיְמִין עִלָוָךְ מִן צַפְרָא עַד רַמְשָׁא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When Moshe’s father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why are you sitting by yourself and [letting] the people stand around you from morning until evening?”


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:15
[Onkelos Exodus 18:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:15)

וַאֲמַר משֶׁה לַחֲמוּהִי אֲרֵי אָתָן לְוָתִי עַמָא לְמִתְבַּע אוּלְפַן מִן **קֳדָם** יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to seek [instruction from] God.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:16
[Onkelos Exodus 18:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:16)

כַּד הֲוֵי לְהוֹן דִינָא אָתָן לְוָתִי וְדָאִינָא בֵּין גַבְרָא וּבֵין חַבְרֵהּ וּמְהוֹדַעְנָא לְהוֹן יָת קְיָמַיָא דַיְיָ וְיָת אוֹרָיָתֵהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Whenever they have a problem, they come to me, and I judge between man and his neighbor. I impart to them God’s statutes and His laws.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:17
[Onkelos Exodus 18:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:17)

וַאֲמַר חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה לֵהּ לָא תַקִין פִּתְגָמָא דְאַתְּ עָבֵד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe’s father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:18
[Onkelos Exodus 18:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:18)

מִלְאָה תִלְאֶה אַף אַתְּ אַף עַמָא הָדֵין דִעִמָךְ אֲרֵי יַקִיר מִנָךְ פִּתְגָמָא לָא תִכּוֹל לְמֶעְבְּדֵהּ בִּלְחוֹדָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You are going to wear yourself out, you too and this people that is with you. This [activity] is too heavy for you. You cannot do it alone.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:19
[Onkelos Exodus 18:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:19)

כְּעַן **קַבֵּל מִנִי** אֲמַלְכִנָךְ **וִיהֵי מֵימְרָא** דַיְיָ **בְּסַעְדָךְ** הֱוֵי אַתְּ לְעַמָא **(תְּבַע) אוּלְפַן מִן קֳדָם יְיָ** וּתְהֵי מַיְתִי אַתְּ יָת פִּתְגָמַיָא לִ**קֳדָם** יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Now listen to my voice [**obey me**]. I will give you advice and [**the Word of**] God [**will**] be with you [**your support**]. You must be God’s representative [**ask instruction from before God**] for the people, and bring the[ir] problems to [**before**] God.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:20
[Onkelos Exodus 18:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:20)

וְתַזְהַר יָתְהוֹן יָת קְיָמַיָא וְיָת אוֹרַיְתָא וּתְהוֹדַע לְהוֹן יָת אוֹרְחָא דִיְהָכוּן בַּהּ וְיָת עוֹבָדָא דִיַעְבְּדוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall enlighten them as to the statutes and laws, and impart to them the path in which they must walk, and the deeds they must do.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:21
[Onkelos Exodus 18:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:21)

וְאַתְּ תֶּחֶזֵי מִכָּל עַמָא גֻבְרִין דְחֵילָא דַחֲלַיָא דַיְיָ גֻבְרִין דִקְשׁוֹט דְסָנָן **לְקַבָּלָא** מָמוֹן וּתְמַנֵי עֲלֵיהוֹן רַבָּנֵי אַלְפִין רַבָּנֵי מָאוָתָא רַבָּנֵי חַמְשִׁין וְרַבָּנֵי עִשׂוֹרְיָתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You must seek out from among all the people capable, God-fearing men, men of truth, who despise [**accepting**] gain. You must then appoint them over [the people] as officers of thousands, officers of hundreds, officers of fifties and officers of tens.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:22
[Onkelos Exodus 18:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:22)

**וִי**דוּנוּן יָת עַמָא בְּכָל עִדַן וִיהֵי כָּל פִּתְגַם רַב יַיְתוּן לְוָתָךְ וְכָל פִּתְגַם זְעֵיר יְדוּנוּן אִנוּן וְיִקְלוּן מִנָךְ וִיסוֹבְרוּן עִמָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Let them [**They shall**] judge the people at all times. Every major problem they will bring to you, and every minor problem they shall judge by themselves. It will [thus] be easier for you since they will bear the burden with you.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:23
[Onkelos Exodus 18:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:23)

אִם יָת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין תַּעְבֵּד וִיפַקְדִנָךְ יְיָ וְתִכּוֹל לְמֵיקָם וְאַף כָּל עַמָא הָדֵין עַל אַתְרֵהּ **יְהַךְ** בִּשְׁלָם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If you do this and God commands you [to do so], you will be able to survive, and also this entire people will come [**go**] to their place in peace.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:24
[Onkelos Exodus 18:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:24)

**וְקַבִּיל** משֶׁה **לְמֵימְרָא** דַחֲמוּהִי וַעֲבַד כֹּל דִי אֲמָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe listened to [**accepted**] the voice [**word**] of his father-in-law and he did all that he said.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:25
[Onkelos Exodus 18:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:25)

וּבְחַר משֶׁה גֻבְרִין דְחֵילָא מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמַנִי יָתְהוֹן רֵישִׁין עַל עַמָא רַבָּנֵי אַלְפִין רַבָּנֵי מָאוָתָא רַבָּנֵי חַמְשִׁין וְרַבָּנֵי עִשׂוֹרְיָתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe chose capable men from among all Yisrael, and appointed them leaders over the people; officers of thousands, officers of hundreds, officers of fifties and officers of tens.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:26
[Onkelos Exodus 18:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:26)

**וְ**דַיְנִין יָת עַמָא בְּכָל עִדָן יָת פִּתְגַם קָשֵׁי מַיְתִין לְוָת משֶׁה וְכָל פִּתְגַם זְעֵיר דָיְנִין אִנוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They judged [**would judge**] the people at all times. The difficult problems, they would bring to Moshe, and the simple problems they would judge by themselves.


###### Onkelos Exodus 18:27
[Onkelos Exodus 18:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/18:27)

וְשַׁלַח משֶׁה יָת חֲמוּהִי וַאֲזַל לֵהּ לְאַרְעֵהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe sent his father-in-law off, and he [Yisro] went on his way to his land.