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Exodus 18:24

Moses
HumilityWisdom

22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

23 If 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.

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

25 And 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.

26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

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BSB
Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.
KJV
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
WEB
So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
ASV
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
DARBY
And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
BLB
And Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and he did all that he had said.
ÅB
Moses lød sin svigerfars råd og gjorde alt det han sa.
OTB
Moses lyttet til sin svigerfar og gjorde alt han foreslo.
B1930
Moses lød sin svigerfars råd og gjorde alt det han sa.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 12:21

    And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

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  • Proverbs 1:5

    A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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  • Ezra 10:2

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

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  • 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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  • Exodus 18:2–5

    Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

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  • Ezra 10:5

    Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

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