Exodus 18:16
when 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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In Context
15And Moses says to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to seek God;
17And the father-in-law of Moses says to him, “The thing which you are doing [is] not good;
Cross References
Exodus 23:7you keep far off from a false matter, and you do not slay an innocent and righteous man; for I do not justify a wicked man.
Leviticus 24:15And you speak to the sons of Israel, saying, When any man reviles his God—then he has borne his sin;
Numbers 27:6And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as my God YHWH has commanded me, to do so in the midst of the land to where you are going in to possess it;
Deuteronomy 6:1“And this [is] the command, the statutes and the judgments which your God YHWH has commanded to teach you to do in the land which you are passing over there to possess it,
Deuteronomy 17:9and have come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in those days, and have inquired, and they have declared the word of judgment to you,
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 →