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Exodus 18:24

Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.

Majority Standard Bible

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 follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”

25So Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:2After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,

Ezra 10:2Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

Psalms 78:53He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.

1 Corinthians 12:21The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need 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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