Exodus 18:24

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

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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 will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace.”

25Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:2Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,

Ezra 10:2Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

Psalms 78:53He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

1 Corinthians 12:21The eye can’t tell the hand, “I have no need for you,” or again the head to the feet, “I have no need for 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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