Exodus 18:15

And Moses says to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to seek God;

Literal Standard Version

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 the father-in-law of Moses sees all that he is doing for the people and says, “What [is] this thing which you are doing for the people? Why are you sitting by yourself, and all the people standing by you from morning until evening?”

16when they have a matter, it has come to me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbor, and made known the statutes of God, and His laws.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 24:12and he causes him to rest in confinement —to explain to them by the mouth of YHWH.

Numbers 9:8And Moses says to them, “Stand, and I hear what YHWH has commanded concerning you.”

Numbers 27:5and Moses brings their cause near before YHWH.

Judges 1:1And it comes to pass after the death of Joshua, that the sons of Israel ask of YHWH, saying, “Who goes up for us to the Canaanite, at the commencement, to fight against it?”

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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