Exodus 18:24

So Moses hearkened 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 thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

25And Moses 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 18:2Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took Zipporah Moses's wife, after he had sent her back,

Ezra 10:2And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken foreign wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

Psalms 78:53And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

1 Corinthians 12:21And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of 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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