Exodus 18:23
If thou wilt do this thing, God shall strengthen thee, and thou shalt be able to attend, and all this people shall come with peace into + 18:23 Gr. his own.their own place.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
24And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did whatsoever he said to him.
Cross References
Genesis 21:10then she said to Abraam, + 21:10 Gal. 4. 30. Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not inherit with my son Isaac.
Exodus 16:29See, for the Lord has given you this day as the sabbath, therefore he has given you on the sixth day the bread of two days: ye shall sit each of you in your houses; let no one go forth from his place on the seventh day.
1 Samuel 8:6And the thing was evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the Lord.
2 Samuel 18:3And they said, Thou shalt not go out: for if we should indeed flee, they will not care for us; and if half of us should die, they will not mind us; for thou art + 18:3 Gr. as we, ten thousand.as ten thousand of us: and now it is well that thou shalt be to us an aid to help us in the city.
2 Samuel 21:17And Abessa the son of Saruia helped him and smote the Philistine, and slew him. Then the men of David swore, saying, Thou shalt not any longer go out with us to battle, and thou shalt not quench the lamp of Israel.
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 →