²⁴ And Moses hearkeneth to the voice of his father-in-law, and doth all that he said,

² and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,

³ and her two sons, of whom the name of the one `is' Gershom, for he said, `a sojourner I have been in a strange land:'

⁴ and the name of the other `is' Eliezer, for, `the God of my father `is' for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.'

⁵ And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, cometh, and his sons, and his wife, unto Moses, unto the wilderness where he is encamping -- the mount of God;

¹⁹ `Now, hearken to my voice, I counsel thee, and God is with thee: be thou for the people over-against God, and thou hast brought in the things unto God;

² And Shechaniah son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answereth and saith to Ezra, `We -- we have trespassed against our God, and we settle strange women of the peoples of the land; and now there is hope for Israel concerning this,

⁵ And Ezra riseth, and causeth the heads of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear to do according to this word -- and they swear.

⁵ (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

²¹ and an eye is not able to say to the hand, `I have no need of thee;' nor again the head to the feet, `I have no need of you.'