Exodus 18:16
When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.”
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
17Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
Leviticus 24:15You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
Numbers 27:6The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it.
Deuteronomy 6:1Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land that you go over to possess;
Deuteronomy 17:9You shall come to the priests who are Levites and to the judge who shall be in those days. You shall inquire, and they shall give you the verdict.
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 →