Parashat Yitro Summary: Moshe's father-in-law, Yitro, hears of the great miracles which Hashem performed for the people of Israel, and comes from Midian to the Bnei Yisrael Camp, bringing with him Moshe's wife and two sons. Yitro advises Moshe to appoint a hierarchy of magistrates and judges to assist him in the task of governing and administrating justice to the people.
Bnei Yisrael camped opposite Mount Sinai, where they are told that Hashem has chosen them to be His "kingdom of priests" and "holy nation." The people respond by proclaiming, "All that Hashem has spoken, we shall do."
On the sixth day of the third month (Sivan), seven weeks after the Exodus, the entire nation of Israel assembles at the foot of Mount Sinai. Hashem descends on the mountain amidst thunder, lightning, billows of smoke and the blast of the shofar, and summons Moshe to ascend.
Hashem proclaims the Ten Commandments, commanding the people of Israel to believe in Hashem, not to worship idols or take Hashem's name in vain, to keep the Shabbat, honor their parents, and not to murder, commit adultery, steal, bear false witness or covet another's property. The people cry out to Moshe that the revelation is too intense for them to bear, begging him to receive the Torah from Hashem and convey it to them.
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