Exodus 18:16
When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
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In Context
15And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God:
17And Moses's father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Leviticus 24:15And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
Numbers 27:6And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes, and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
Deuteronomy 6:1Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye may do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
Deuteronomy 17:9And thou shalt come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment:
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 →