Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people at all times: and whatsoever was of greater difficulty they referred to him, and they judged the easier cases only.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
27And he let his kinsman depart: and he returned and went into his own country.
Cross References
Exodus 18:14And 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.
Leviticus 24:11And when he had blasphemed the name, and had cursed it, he was brought to Moses: (now his mother was called Salumith, the daughter of Dabri, of the tribe of Dan:)
Deuteronomy 17:8If thou perceive that there be among you a hard and doubtful matter in judgment between blood and blood, cause and cause, leprosy and leprosy: and thou see that the words of the judges within thy gates do vary: arise, and go up to the place, which the Lord thy God shall choose.
1 Kings 10:1And the queen of Saba, having; heard of the fame of Solomon in the name of the Lord, came to try him with hard questions.
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 →