Exodus 18:15

And Moses said unto his father-in-law: 'Because the people come unto me to inquire of God;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 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 about thee from morning unto even?'

16when they have a matter, it cometh unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbour, and I make them know the statutes of God, and His laws.'

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Cross References

Leviticus 24:12And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of the LORD.

Numbers 9:8And Moses said unto them: 'Stay ye, that I may hear what the LORD will command concerning you.'

Numbers 27:5And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

Judges 1:1AND IT came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying: 'Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?'

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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