Exodus 18:16
When they have (a matter) for judgment they come to me, and I adjudicate between a man and his neighbour, and make them to know the statutes of the Lord, and His laws.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
17But the father-in-law of Mosheh said to him, The thing thou art doing is not right;
Cross References
Exodus 23:7From a false matter keep distant; and him who has been acquitted and has come forth from judgment uncondemned thou shalt not kill; for I will not justify the guilty.
Leviticus 24:15And speak thou with the sons of Israel, saying: Whatever man imprecateth before his God shall bear his guilt,
Numbers 27:6And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:
Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you may so do in the land to which you go to possess it.
Deuteronomy 6:1And this is the commandment, (these are) the statutes and the judgments, which the Lord your God hath commanded (me) to teach you to perform in the land to which you go over to possess it,
Deuteronomy 17:9and come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who may be in those days, and inquire; and they will show thee the sentence of decision.
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 →