Exodus 18:15 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 18:15

And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

KJV

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WEB

“Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.

ASV

And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:

YLT

And Moses saith to his father-in-law, `Because the people come unto me to seek God;

DBT

And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to enquire ofGod.

About this book

Old Testament

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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8 verses on the floor

Numbers 9:6
And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
Leviticus 24:12
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.
Numbers 15:34
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
Numbers 27:5
And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.
Exodus 18:19
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

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Wisdom is profitable to direct, that we may neither content ourselves with less than our duty nor over-task ourselves with that which is beyond our strength. He advised him to such a model of government as would better answer the intention, which was, (1.) That he should reserve to himself all applications to God (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

They came to enquire of God; and happy it was for them that they had such an oracle to consult: we are ready to wish, many a time, that we had some such certain way of knowing God's mind when we are at a loss what to do. Moses was faithful both to him that appointed him and to those that consulted him, and made them know the statutes of God and his laws,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Moses sat to judge the people, &c.--We are here presented with a specimen of his daily morning occupations; and among the multifarious duties his divine legation imposed, it must be considered only a small portion of his official employments.

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

EXO 18:15NUM 15:34 LEV 24:12
EXO 18:15NUM 27:5 NUM 9:8
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 18:15NUM 9:8 NUM 27:5
EXO 18:15NUM 9:8 PSA 85:8
EXO 18:15NUM 27:5 LEV 24:12-13
EXO 18:15NUM 27:5 JOB 23:4
EXO 18:15NUM 9:8 EZE 3:17
EXO 18:15NUM 27:5 PRO 3:5-6

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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