Exodus 18:21

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Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

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Egypt was the land where Israel had been enslaved before the exodus, while Midian, east of the Gulf of Aqaba, was where Moses lived with Jethro and received his counsel. In this setting, Israel’s new life outside Egypt required ordered, God-fearing leadership.

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Exodus 18:21 mentions Egypt and Midian.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato
Midian · Roupicou

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