Exodus 18:17

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

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  • Exod 18:12-16
    5 verses
    86%

    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?'

    15Moses answered his father-in-law, 'Because the people come to me to inquire of God.'

    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.

  • Exod 18:18-19
    2 verses
    82%

    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 18:23-24
    2 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.

  • Exod 18:26-27
    2 verses
    79%

    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
    79%

    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 18:5-10
    6 verses
    78%

    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.

    9Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel, delivering them from the hand of the Egyptians.

    10Jethro said, 'Blessed be the LORD, who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from under the hand of Egypt.'

  • Num 15:17
    73%

    17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Lev 17:1
    73%

    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 18:1
    73%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 10:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    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."

    30But he replied to him, "I will not go; I am going back to my own land and to my relatives."

  • Exod 4:18
    72%

    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 14:41
    72%

    41But Moses said, 'Why are you disobeying the LORD's command? This will not succeed.

  • Exod 3:1
    72%

    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 19:1
    72%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 27:15
    70%

    15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying:

  • Num 25:16
    70%

    16The LORD said to Moses,

  • Num 5:11
    70%

    11The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

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

  • Lev 22:17
    70%

    17The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 5:22
    70%

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

  • Lev 22:1
    70%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 16:28
    70%

    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:

  • Num 15:1
    70%

    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 6:10
    70%

    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

  • Num 11:11
    69%

    11So Moses said to the LORD, 'Why have You brought trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You lay the burden of all these people on me?

  • Deut 27:11
    69%

    11That day Moses gave this command to the people:

  • Exod 17:4
    69%

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

  • Lev 20:1
    69%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 27:1
    69%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 3:11
    69%

    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 16:28
    69%

    28Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commands and instructions?

  • Exod 19:7
    69%

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

  • Exod 2:14
    69%

    14The man replied, 'Who made you a ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?' Moses was afraid and thought, 'Surely this matter is known.'

  • Exod 8:26
    69%

    26Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD.

  • Lev 6:1
    69%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: