Exodus 18:15

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Moses answered his father-in-law, 'Because the people come to me to inquire of God.'

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  • Num 15:34 : 34 They kept him in custody because it had not yet been made clear what should be done to him.
  • Num 27:5 : 5 Moses brought their case before the LORD.
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If a case arises that is too difficult for you to judge—whether bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults—matters of dispute in your towns, you are to go up to the place the LORD your God will choose. 9 Go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you the verdict. 10 You must act according to the decision they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you. 11 Follow exactly the law they teach you and the judgment they declare to you. Do not turn aside from the decision they give you, to the right or to the left. 12 Anyone who acts arrogantly and refuses to listen to the priest who stands to serve the LORD your God or the judge must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel. 13 Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never be arrogant again.
  • Exod 18:19-20 : 19 Now listen to me; I will give you advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to Him. 20 Teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way they must walk and the work they must do.
  • Lev 24:12-14 : 12 They put him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them. 13 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 14 Bring out the one who cursed to a place outside the camp, and all those who heard him shall lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly shall stone him.
  • Num 9:6 : 6 There were some men who were unclean because of contact with a dead body, and they could not keep the Passover on that day. They came before Moses and Aaron on that day,
  • Num 9:8 : 8 Moses said to them, "Wait here, and I will listen for what the LORD will command concerning you."

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  • Exod 18:12-14
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    12Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God. Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

    13The next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.

    14When Moses’ father-in-law saw everything he was doing for the people, he said, 'What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, while all the people stand around you from morning till evening?'

  • Exod 18:16-19
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    84%

    16Whenever they have a dispute, they come to me to seek judgment. I decide between one person and another and make known the statutes of God and His laws.

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

    18You and these people who come to you will surely wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.

    19Now listen to me; I will give you advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to Him.

  • Exod 18:23-27
    5 verses
    82%

    23If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to endure, and all these people will go home satisfied and at peace.

    24Moses listened to his father-in-law’s advice and did everything he said.

    25He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

    26They judged the people at all times. They brought the difficult cases to Moses, but they decided the simple ones themselves.

    27Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.

  • Exod 18:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1Jethro, the priest of Midian and Moses’ father-in-law, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and for His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

    2Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she had been sent away,

  • Exod 18:5-8
    4 verses
    81%

    5Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came to Moses in the wilderness where he was camped at the mountain of God, bringing Moses’ wife and his two sons with him.

    6Jethro sent word to Moses, saying, 'I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons.'

    7So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

    8Moses told his father-in-law about everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for the sake of Israel, all the hardships they had faced along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

  • Exod 3:1
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    1Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Lev 18:1
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    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 27:15
    75%

    15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying:

  • Exod 4:18
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    18Then Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, 'Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt to see if they are still alive.' And Jethro said to Moses, 'Go in peace.'

  • Num 15:17
    74%

    17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 27:5
    74%

    5Moses brought their case before the LORD.

  • Exod 19:7
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    7So Moses came and summoned the elders of the people. He set before them all the words that the LORD had commanded him.

  • Num 15:1
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    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 10:29
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    29Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law: "We are setting out for the place about which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things for Israel."

  • Lev 19:1
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    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 17:1
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    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 5:22
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    22Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why did you send me?"

  • Exod 19:25
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    25So Moses went down to the people and told them.

  • Num 31:1
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    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 14:13
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    13But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

  • Exod 32:11
    72%

    11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said, "LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?"

  • Exod 2:18
    72%

    18When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked, 'Why have you returned so early today?'

  • Exod 3:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10'So now go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.'

    11But Moses said to God, 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?'

  • Exod 17:4
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    4Then Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What should I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me!"

  • Num 25:16
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    16The LORD said to Moses,

  • Exod 2:15
    72%

    15When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, where he sat down by a well.

  • Exod 19:3
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    3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, "This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob and declare to the children of Israel:

  • Acts 7:31
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    31Moses was amazed at what he saw. As he approached to look more closely, he heard the voice of the Lord say,

  • Num 16:28
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    28Then Moses said, "This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these things and that it was not my own idea:

  • Lev 22:1
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    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 19:17
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    17Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

  • Exod 19:9
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    9The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, I am coming to you in a dense cloud so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may always believe in you.' Then Moses reported the people's words to the LORD.

  • Exod 25:1
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    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 3:4
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    4When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush and said, 'Moses, Moses!' And Moses replied, 'Here I am.'

  • Exod 3:13
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    13Then Moses said to God, 'Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, "The God of your ancestors has sent me to you," and they ask me, "What is his name?" What should I tell them?'