Exodus 18:15

And Moses answered him: The people come to me to seek the judgment of God.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

In Context

14And when his kinsman had seen all things that he did among the people, he said: What is it that thou dost among the people? Why sittest thou alone, and all the people wait from morning till night.

16And when any controversy falleth out among them, they come to me to judge between them, and to shew the precepts of God, and his laws.

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Cross References

Leviticus 24:12And they put him into prison, till they might know what the Lord would command.

Numbers 9:8And Moses answered them: Stay that I may consult the Lord what he will ordain concerning you.

Numbers 27:5And the Lord said to him:

Judges 1:1After the death of Josue the children of Israel consulted the Lord, saying: Who shall go up before us against the Chanaanite, and shall be the leader of the war?

Matthew Henry on Exodus 18:14-27

Jethro's Advice to Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: 16 When they have a matter,… Read the whole commentary →

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