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Exodus 18:15
15Moses answered Jethro, ‘The people come to me to discover what God says.
Exodus 18:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
- New International Version (NIV)Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God;
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
Context of Exodus 18:15
13The next day, Moses sat down to judge people who had quarrels against each other. From morning until evening, people were coming to him with their quarrels. 14Jethro saw all these things that Moses did to help the people. So he said, ‘You are trying to do too much! Why do you sit there alone to judge all these people during the whole day?’ Moses answered Jethro, ‘The people come to me to discover what God says. 16When they quarrel, they come to me to decide who is right. I tell them what God's laws and commands teach.’ 17Jethro replied, ‘The thing that you are doing is not good.
Read all of Exodus 18Exodus 18:15 word by word
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה לְחֹתְנ֑וֹ כִּֽי־יָבֹ֥א אֵלַ֛י הָעָ֖ם לִדְרֹ֥שׁ אֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 18:15
- Exodus 18:19Now listen to me! I will tell you what I think will help you. God will take care of you. When people have quarrels, you must continue to speak to God on their behalf.
- Leviticus 24:12They locked the man up. The Lord told them what to do with him.
- Numbers 15:34They were not sure what to do with the man. So they put him by himself in a tent. Men stood at the door of the tent so that he could not leave it.
- Numbers 27:5Moses asked the Lord about this.
Commentaries on Exodus 18:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The people come unto me to inquire of God - To know the mind and will of God on the subject of their inquiries. Moses was the mediator between God and the people; and as they believed that all justice and judgment must come from him, therefore they came to Moses to know what God had spoken.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15To enquire of God - The decisions of Moses were doubtless accepted by the people as oracles. The internal prompting of the Spirit was a sufficient guidance for him, and a sufficient authority for the people.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
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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
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