Exodus 18:24

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

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  • Exod 18:2-5 : 2 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she had been sent away, 3 along with her two sons. One was named Gershom, meaning, 'I have been a foreigner in a foreign land,' because Moses had said, 'I was a sojourner in a strange land.' 4 The name of the other son was Eliezer, meaning, 'My God is my help,' for Moses had said, 'The God of my father was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.' 5 Jethro, 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.
  • Exod 18:19 : 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.
  • Ezra 10:2 : 2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us. But even now there is hope for Israel regarding this.
  • Ezra 10:5 : 5 Then Ezra arose and made the leaders of the priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. So they took the oath.
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 Let the wise hear and increase their learning, and the one who understands gain guidance,
  • 1 Cor 12:21 : 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' nor can the head say to the feet, 'I have no need of you.'

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  • Exod 18:23
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    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.

  • Exod 18:12-18
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    82%

    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.

    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.

  • Exod 18:5-9
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    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.

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

  • Exod 18:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    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 18:25-27
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    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 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.'

  • Exod 24:3
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    3Moses came and told the people all the LORD's words and laws. The people responded with one voice, saying, "We will do everything the LORD has said."

  • Num 17:11
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    11Moses said to Aaron, 'Take your censer and put incense on it, along with fire from the altar, and hurry to the assembly to make atonement for them. Wrath has gone out from the LORD; the plague has begun.'

  • Exod 40:16
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    16Moses did everything just as the Lord commanded him.

  • Exod 19:7-8
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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.

    8And all the people answered together, saying, 'We will do everything the LORD has spoken.' Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

  • 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.

  • 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."

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    31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 27:22
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    22Moses did as the LORD commanded. He took Joshua, set him before Eleazar the priest and the entire assembly,

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

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

  • Num 30:1
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    1Moses said to the Israelites everything the LORD had commanded him.

  • Lev 8:4-5
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    4Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the assembly was gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    5Moses said to the congregation, "This is what the Lord has commanded to be done."

  • Josh 1:17
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    17Just as we obeyed Moses in everything, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as He was with Moses.

  • Exod 34:8
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    8Moses quickly bowed to the ground and worshiped.

  • Exod 2:21
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    21Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

  • Exod 4:29
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    29Moses and Aaron went and gathered all the elders of the Israelites.

  • Num 32:28
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    28So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

  • Lev 10:20
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    20When Moses heard this, he was satisfied.

  • Lev 24:13
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    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 24:7
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    7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They said, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey."

  • Num 1:54
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    54Thus the Israelites did everything the LORD had commanded Moses, just as the LORD instructed them.

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    15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying:

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    16The LORD said to Moses,