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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Bonus Reading, Exodus
Raising Up Leaders
Today's reading tells how Moses was a bit "in over his head" as the Hebrews left Egypt. Jethro, his father-in-law, noticed that Moses seemed be the only one making decisions for all of the people in the wilderness -- an impossible task. So he encouraged Moses to pick leaders of smaller groups to handle some of the lesser issues. It was the beginning of the civic order -- another lesson the Israelites needed to learn so that they could truly become a nation.
