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Jethro

From the Hebrew name יִתְרוֹ(Yitro), which was derived from the Hebrew word יֶתֶר(yeter) meaning "abundance". Jethro was the father of Moses' wife Zipporah in the Old Testament.

1.Now Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

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14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, "What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?"

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17 Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. 19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to him. 20 Teach them the decrees and laws, and show them the way to live and the duties they are to perform. 21 But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied."

24 Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.

Exodus, 18: 1, 14, 17-24. Holy Bible, New International Version

"Jethro is a biblical name. It comes from the Hebrew name Yitro, which by the way comes from the Hebrew word yeter, that means 'abundance'," Joy looks at Ziva, and she nods, her translation is correct, and then continues, "in the Bible, Jethro was the father of Moses' wife Zipporah, in the Old Testament. He is not frequently mentioned in it, but his importance is directly connected to the successful career of Moses."

Gibbs smirks at Joy, folds his arms and leans back on his desk, supporting his six on the tabletop, and is listening to the history lesson. Joy is getting excited about the story, and keeps on, "You see, when Moses came to live in the desert, right after killing the Egyptian, he was a fugitive that by law should be killed. Not only that, he was a spoiled brat, too full of himself, who grew up with a life full of comforts and pleasure, while his people was suffering and being enslaved. In his arrogance, he thought that he could save his peopleby his own strength, so he killed a man, hid the body and expected everything to be the same as always. When his acts were revealed, and his capture ordered by Pharaoh himself, he had to run as fast as he could, and was found by Jethro's family."

Gibbs is watching Joy, and she smiles at him, "he took that spoiled brat, gave him a job, forced him to have responsibility and character, gave him his daughter as wife, trusted his property in his hands, as the cattle he looked after did not belong to him,it belonged to his father-in-law, and," she shakes her head, and "whenever he was out of line, I'm sure that he did not hesitate in use his shepherd's rod on Moses' head or on his backside to teach him a lesson or two whenever he did something wrong," Gibbs smirks and looks at Tony and McGee, who fidget where they are standing.

"You see, he took that spoiled brat, and turned him into the greatest statesman Israel has ever seen, surpassed in name and ability several centuries later only by King David himself," she looks at Ziva, who nods in agreement, "he trained and prepared Moses to do what he had to do, what he was meant to do, and he was still alive to see the result of his work," she smiles, "he didn't appear in history pages as one of the top five, but Moses wouldn't have done what he did if he hadn't learnt how to deal with responsibility from Jethro."

Joy then turns and looks at McGee, who was just enjoying the stories told, and she approaches him and stands before him, "and then, we have Timothy McGee."

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