Exodus 18:13

On the next day Moses sat down to judge the people. The people stood around him from morning until evening.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat a meal before God with Moses' father-in-law.

14When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing with the people? Why is it that you sit alone and all the people stand about you from morning until evening?”

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Cross References

Judges 5:10Think about this—you who ride on white donkeys 1 sitting on rugs for saddles, 1 and you who walk along the road. 1

Isaiah 16:5A throne will be established in covenant faithfulness; and one from David's tent will faithfully sit there. 1 He will judge as he seeks justice and does righteousness. 1

Matthew 23:2He said, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.

Romans 13:6Because of this you pay taxes also. For authorities are servants of God, who attend to this very thing continually.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 18:8-13

7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. 8 And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Jethro said,… Read the whole commentary →

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