Yitro

thumb|right|upright=1.2|The Ten Commandments (illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by the Providence Lithograph Company)

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Contents

Readings
First reading—Exodus 18:1–12
Second reading—Exodus 18:13–23
Third reading—Exodus 18:24–27
Fourth reading—Exodus 19:1–6
Fifth reading—Exodus 19:7–19
Sixth reading—Exodus 19:20–20:14
Seventh reading—Exodus 20:15–23
Readings according to the triennial cycle
In ancient parallels
Exodus chapter 20
In inner-biblical interpretation
Exodus chapter 20
The Sabbath
Commandments
The Altar
In early nonrabbinic interpretation
Exodus chapter 20
The Sabbath
In classical rabbinic interpretation
Exodus chapter 18
Exodus chapter 19
Exodus chapter 20
In medieval Jewish interpretation
Exodus chapter 18
Exodus chapter 19
Exodus chapter 20
In modern interpretation
Exodus chapter 18
Exodus chapter 19
Exodus chapter 20
Commandments
In the liturgy
The Weekly Maqam
Haftarah
Connection to the Parashah
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

thumb|right|upright=1.2|The Ten Commandments (illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by the Providence Lithograph Company)

Yitro, Yithro, Yisroi, Yithre, Yisrau, or Yisro (, Hebrew for the name "Jethro," the second word and first distinctive word in the ) is the seventeenth weekly Torah portion (; ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the Book of Exodus. The parashah tells of Jethro's organizational counsel to Moses and God's revelation of the Ten Commandments to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.