Exodus 18:24

And Moses listens to the voice of his father-in-law, and does all that he said,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

In Context

23If you do this thing, and God has commanded you, then you have been able to stand, and all this people also goes to its place in peace.”

25and Moses chooses men of ability out of all Israel, and makes them chiefs over the people [for] heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

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Cross References

Exodus 18:2and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, takes Zipporah, wife of Moses, after her parting,

Ezra 10:2And Shechaniah son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answers and says to Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and we settle strange women of the peoples of the land; and now there is hope for Israel concerning this,

Psalms 78:53And He leads them confidently, || And they have not been afraid, || And the sea has covered their enemies.

1 Corinthians 12:21and an eye is not able to say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of 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 →

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