Parashat 17 Yitró In English

YITRO Moshe's father-in-law, Itro, hears about the great miracles Elohim performed for the people of Israel. Yitro arrives at the Israelite camp with Moshe's wife and two sons. Itro advises Moshe to appoint a hierarchy of magistrates and judges to help him govern and administer justice to the people. The Children of Israel camp in front of Mount Sinai, where they informed that Elohim chose them as his "nation of priests" and "holy nation." People respond by proclaiming, "All that Elohim said, we will do." On the sixth day of the third month (Sivan), seven weeks after the Exodus, the entire nation of Israel gathers at the foot of Mount Sinai. Elohim descends on the mountain amid thunder, lightning, smoke, and the shofar and commands Moshe to ascend