Exodus 18:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace.

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  • Exod 18:18 : 18 Your strength and that of the people will be completely used up: this work is more than you are able to do by yourself.
  • 1 Sam 8:6-7 : 6 But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord. 7 And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.
  • 1 Sam 8:22 : 22 And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to their voice and make a king for them. Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let every man go back to his town.
  • 2 Sam 18:3 : 3 But the people said, It is better for you not to go out: for if we are put to flight, they will not give a thought to us, and if death overtakes half of us, it will be nothing to them: but you are of more value than ten thousand of us: so it is better for you to be ready to come to our help from this town.
  • 2 Sam 19:39 : 39 Then all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over: and the king gave Barzillai a kiss, with his blessing; and he went back to his place.
  • 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.
  • Acts 15:2 : 2 And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
  • Phil 1:24-25 : 24 Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you. 25 And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;
  • Gen 18:33 : 33 And the Lord went on his way when his talk with Abraham was ended, and Abraham went back to his place.
  • Gen 21:10-12 : 10 So she said to Abraham, Send away that woman and her son: for the son of that woman is not to have a part in the heritage with my son Isaac. 11 And this was a great grief to Abraham because of his son. 12 But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.
  • Gen 30:25 : 25 Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.
  • Exod 16:29 : 29 See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, he gives you on the sixth day bread enough for two days; let every man keep where he is; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

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  • Exod 18:24-27
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    24So Moses took note of the words of his father-in-law, and did as he had said.

    25And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.

    26And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.

    27And Moses let his father-in-law go away, and he went back to his land.

  • Exod 18:13-22
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    13Now on the day after, Moses took his seat to give decisions for the people: and the people were waiting before Moses from morning till evening.

    14And when Moses' father-in-law saw all he was doing, he said, What is this you are doing for the people? why are you seated here by yourself, with all the people waiting before you from morning till evening?

    15And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God:

    16And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.

    17And Moses' father-in-law said to him, What you are doing is not good.

    18Your strength and that of the people will be completely used up: this work is more than you are able to do by yourself.

    19Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:

    20Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do.

    21But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;

    22And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.

  • Exod 4:18
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    18And Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go back now to my relations in Egypt and see if they are still living. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

  • Num 32:20
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    20Then Moses said to them, If you will do this, arming yourselves to go before the Lord to the war,

  • 1 Chr 22:13
    73%

    13And all will go well for you, if you take care to keep the laws and the rules which the Lord gave to Moses for Israel: be strong and take heart; have no fear and do not be troubled.

  • Exod 18:7-8
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    7And Moses went out to his father-in-law, and went down on his face before him and gave him a kiss; and they said to one another, Are you well? and they came into the tent.

    8And Moses gave his father-in-law an account of all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians because of Israel, and of all the troubles which had come on them by the way, and how the Lord had given them salvation.

  • Deut 6:18
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    18And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

  • Josh 1:17
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    17As we gave attention to Moses in all things, so we will give attention to you: and may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.

  • Exod 24:14
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    14And he said to the chiefs, Keep your places here till we come back to you: Aaron and Hur are with you; if anyone has any cause let him go to them.

  • Exod 18:1
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    1Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.

  • Deut 17:8-10
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    71%

    8If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;

    9And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:

    10And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:

  • Num 27:20
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    20And put your honour on him, so that all the children of Israel may be under his authority.

  • Exod 24:3
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    3Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.

  • Deut 1:18
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    18And at that time I gave you all the orders which you were to do.

  • Num 11:17
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    17And I will come down and have talk with you there: and I will take some of the spirit which is on you and put it on them, and they will take part of the weight of the people off you, so that you do not have to take it by yourself.

  • Deut 13:18
    70%

    18So long as you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep all his orders which I give you today, and do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • Num 15:23
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    23All the laws which the Lord has given you by the hand of Moses, from the day when the Lord gave them, and ever after from generation to generation;

  • Deut 31:7
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    7Then Moses sent for Joshua, and before the eyes of all Israel said to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go with this people into the land which the Lord, by his oath to their fathers, has given them; by your help they will take it for their heritage.

  • Deut 20:11
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    11And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants.

  • Exod 19:7
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    7And Moses came and sent for the chiefs of the people and put before them all these words which the Lord had given him orders to say.

  • Lev 24:13
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    13And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 14:13
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    13And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • Num 32:15
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    15For if you are turned away from him, he will send them wandering again in the waste land; and you will be the cause of the destruction of all this people.

  • Deut 27:10-11
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    10For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

    11That same day Moses said to the people,

  • Deut 12:28
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    28Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • Gen 15:15
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    15As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.

  • Num 14:15
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    15Now if you put to death all this people as one man, then the nations who have had word of your glory will say,

  • Num 11:15
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    15If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.

  • Num 31:2
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    2Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.

  • Deut 31:23
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    23Then he gave orders to Joshua, the son of Nun, saying to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go at the head of the children of Israel into the land which I made an oath to give them; and I will be with you.

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    23And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 10:29
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    29Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of his father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, We are journeying to that place of which the Lord has said, I will give it to you: so come with us, and it will be for your profit: for the Lord has good things in store for Israel.