Exodus 18:13

Exodus 18:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And so it was, on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood before Moses from morning until evening.

Context of Exodus 18:13

11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.” 12Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God. The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening. 14When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?” 15“Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.

Exodus 18:13 word by word

וַיְהִי֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב מֹשֶׁ֖ה לִשְׁפֹּ֣ט אֶת־הָעָ֑ם וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד הָעָם֙ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה מִן־הַבֹּ֖קֶר עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

• ·הָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• The next dayמׇחֳרָתmochŏrâth mochŏrâthâm · morrowH4283
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• took his seatיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• to judgeשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and they stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• aroundעַל‛al · uponH5921
• fromמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153

Cross-references for Exodus 18:13

• Judges 5:10You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
• Job 29:7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
• Isaiah 16:5in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
• Joel 3:12Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
• Matthew 23:2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
• Romans 12:8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
• Romans 13:6This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.

Commentaries on Exodus 18:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13To judge the people - To hear and determine controversies between man and man, and to give them instruction in things appertaining to God. From the morning unto the evening - Moses was obliged to sit all day, and the people were continually coming and going.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13From the morning unto the evening - It may be assumed as at least probable that numerous cases of difficulty arose out of the division of the spoil of the Amalekites Exodus 17:13, and causes would have accumulated during the journey from Elim.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-27Verses 13-27 Here is the great zeal and the toil of Moses as a magistrate. Having been employed to redeem Israel out of the house of bondage, he is a further type of Christ, that he is employed as a lawgiver and a judge among them. If the people were as quarrelsome one with another as they were with God, no doubt Moses had many causes brought before him. This business Moses was called to; it appears that he did it with great care and kindness. The meanest…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-16Moses had begun to take a role similar to Pharaoh’s. He was making himself necessary for every decision the people faced.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-2613-26. on the morrow ... 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. He appears in this attitude as a type of Christ in His legislative and judicial characters. the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening, &c.--Governors in the East seat…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 18:13

• Government
• Moses

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Appeal
• Goodness
• Hard
• Heavy
• Jethro
• Matter
• Wear
• Blindness, Judicial
• Courts, Judicial

Commentaries on Exodus 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings