Moses Recounts the Trials of the Way to Jethro

Mekhilta DeRabbi Shimon Ben Yochai 18:8

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"And Moses recounted to his father-in-law" (Exodus 18:8) - to draw him in and bring him near to the Torah. "All that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt": Pharaoh is weighed as equal to Egypt, and Egypt is weighed as equal to Pharaoh. "For Israel's sake": that you may know My people through Israel. "All the hardship": in Egypt. "That had befallen them": at the Sea. "On the way": this is the coming of Amalek. "And the LORD delivered them": from all of them.

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