Exodus 18:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Moyses sayde to his father in lawe: because the people come vnto me to seeke counsayle of God.

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  • Num 15:34 : 34 And they put hym in warde, seyng it was not declared what shoulde be done to hym.
  • Num 27:5 : 5 And Moyses brought their cause before the Lorde.
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If there rise a matter to harde for thee in iudgement betweene blood and blood, betweene plea and plea, betweene plague and plague, and the matters come to strife within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee vp vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen, 9 And come vnto the priestes the Leuites, and vnto the iudge that shalbe in those dayes, and aske: and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement. 10 And thou must do accordyng to that which they of that place (which the Lord had chosen) shewe thee, and thou shalt obserue to do accordyng to all that they enfourme thee: 11 Accordyng to the sentence of the lawe which they tell thee, shalt thou do: and bowe not from that which they shewe thee, neither to the right hande nor to the left. 12 And that man that wyll do presumptuously, and wyll not hearken vnto the priest (that standeth there before the Lorde thy God to minister) or vnto the iudge: that man shall dye, and thou shalt put away euyll from Israel. 13 And all the people shall heare, & feare, and shall do no more presumptuously.
  • Exod 18:19-20 : 19 Heare therfore nowe my voyce, and I wyll geue thee councell, and God shalbe with thee: Be thou vnto the people to Godwarde, that thou mayest bring the causes vnto God: 20 And thou shalt teache them ordinaunces and lawes, and shew them the way wherein they must walke, & the worke that they must do.
  • Lev 24:12-14 : 12 And they put hym in warde, that the minde of ye Lorde might be shewed the. 13 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 14 Bryng the cursed speaker without the hoast, and let all that hearde hym, put their handes vpon his head, and let all the multitude stone hym.
  • Num 9:6 : 6 And certayne men were defiled by a dead man, that they myght not kepe the Passouer the same day, and they came before Moyses & Aaron the same day.
  • Num 9:8 : 8 And Moyses sayd vnto them: Stande styll, and I wyll heare what the Lorde wyll commaunde concernyng you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 18:12-14
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    12And Iethro Moyses father in lawe toke burnt offeringes and sacrifices, to offer to God: And Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eate bread with Moyses father in lawe before God.

    13And on the morowe Moyses sate to iudge the people: and the people stoode about Moyses from morning vnto eue.

    14And when Moyses father in lawe sawe all that he dyd vnto the people, he sayd: what is this that thou doest vnto the people? Why sittest thou thy selfe alone, and all the people stande about thee from morning vnto euen?

  • Exod 18:16-19
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    16When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betweene euery man & his neyghbour, & shew them the ordinaunces of God and his lawes.

    17And Moyses father in lawe sayde vnto hym: It is not well that thou doest.

    18Thou both weryest thy selfe, and this people that is with thee: For this thing is of more wayght, then thou art able to perfourme thy selfe alone.

    19Heare therfore nowe my voyce, and I wyll geue thee councell, and God shalbe with thee: Be thou vnto the people to Godwarde, that thou mayest bring the causes vnto God:

  • Exod 18:23-27
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    23If thou shalt do this thing, and God charge thee withall, thou shalt be able to endure, and yet the people shall come to their place in peace.

    24And so Moyses obeyed the voyce of his father in lawe, and dyd all that he had sayde.

    25And Moyses chose actiue men out of all Israel, and made them as heades ouer the people, namely rulers of thousandes, rulers of hundrethes, rulers of fiftithes, and rulers of tennes,

    26And they iudged the people at all seasons: but brought the harde causes vnto Moyses, and iudged all small matters them selues.

    27And Moyses let his father in lawe depart: and he went into his owne lande.

  • Exod 18:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1Iethro ye priest of Madian Moyses father in lawe, heard of all that god had donefor Moyses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.

    2Therefore he toke Sephora Moyses wyfe, after he had sent her backe,

  • Exod 18:5-8
    4 verses
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    5And Iethro Moyses father in lawe, came with his two sonnes, & his wife, vnto Moyses into ye wildernesse, where he abode by the mounte of God.

    6And he saide vnto Moyses: I thy father in lawe Iethro am come to thee, and thy wyfe also, and her two sonnes with her.

    7And Moyses went out to meete his father in lawe, and did obeysaunce, and kyssed hym: and eche asked other of his health, and they came into the tent.

    8And Moyses tolde his father in lawe all that the Lorde had done vnto Pharao and to the Egyptians for Israels sake, and al the trauaile that had come vpon them by the way, and howe the Lorde deliuered them.

  • Exod 3:1
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    1Moyses kept the sheepe of Iethro his father in lawe, priest of Madian: and he droue the flocke to the backesyde of the desert, aud came to the mountayne of God Horeb.

  • Lev 18:1
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    1And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

  • Num 27:15
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    15And Moyses spake vnto the Lorde, saying:

  • Exod 4:18
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    18Therfore Moyses went and returned to Iethro his father in law againe, and said vnto him: Let me go I pray thee nowe, and turne agayne vnto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet aliue. And Iethro said to Moyses: go in peace.

  • Num 15:17
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    17And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

  • Num 27:5
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    5And Moyses brought their cause before the Lorde.

  • Exod 19:7
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    7Moyses came and called for the elders of the people, and layde before theyr faces all these wordes whiche the Lorde commaunded hym.

  • Num 15:1
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    1And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

  • Num 10:29
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    29And Moyses sayde vnto Hobab the sonne of Raguel the Madiamte, which was Moyses father in lawe: We go vnto the place of whiche the Lorde sayde, I wyll geue it you. Come thou therefore with vs, and we wyll do thee good: for the Lorde hath promised good vnto Israel.

  • Lev 19:1
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    1And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

  • Lev 17:1
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    1And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

  • Exod 5:22
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    22Moyses returned vnto the Lorde, and sayd: Lorde, wherfore hast thou so euyll intreated this people? And wherfore hast thou sent me?

  • Exod 19:25
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    25And so Moyses went downe vnto the people, and tolde them.

  • Num 31:1
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    1And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

  • Num 14:13
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    13And Moyses sayde vnto the Lorde: Then the Egyptians shall heare it, (for thou broughtest this people in thy might from among them.)

  • Exod 32:11
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    11And Moyses besought the Lorde his God, and sayd: O Lord, why doth thy wrath waxe whot agaynst thy people whiche thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt with great power, and with a mightie hande?

  • Exod 2:18
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    18And when they came to Raguel their father, he sayde: Howe came it to passe that ye are come so soone to day?

  • Exod 3:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10Come thou therfore, and I wyll sende thee vnto Pharao, that thou mayest bryng my people the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt.

    11And Moyses saide vnto God: what am I to go vnto Pharao, and to bryng the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt?

  • Exod 17:4
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    4And Moyses cryed vnto the Lorde, saying: What shall I do vnto this people, they be almost redy to stone me?

  • Num 25:16
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    16And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

  • Exod 2:15
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    15And Pharao heard of it, and went about to slaye Moyses. And Moyses fleyng from the face of Pharao, dwelt in the lande of Madian: and he sate downe by the welles syde.

  • Exod 19:3
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    3But Moyses went vp vnto God, and the Lorde called vnto hym out of the mountayne, saying: Thus shalt thou say vnto the house of Iacob, and tell the chyldren of Israel,

  • Acts 7:31
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    31When Moyses sawe it, he wondred at ye sight: And as he drue neare to behold, the voyce of the Lord came vnto hym.

  • Num 16:28
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    28And Moyses sayde: Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to do all these workes, for I haue not done them of myne owne mynde.

  • Lev 22:1
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    1And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

  • Exod 19:17
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    17And Moyses brought the people out of the tentes to meete with God, and thei stoode at the neather part of the hil.

  • Exod 19:9
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    9And the Lorde sayd vnto Moyses: lo, I come vnto thee in a thicke cloude, that the people may heare me talkyng with thee, and beleue thee for euer. Moyses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde.

  • Exod 25:1
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    1And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

  • Exod 3:4
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    4And when ye Lorde sawe that he came for to see, God called vnto him out of the middes of the busshe, & sayde: Moyses, Moyses? And he answered, here am I.

  • Exod 3:13
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    13And Moyses sayde vnto God: behold when I come vnto the chyldren of Israel, and shall say vnto them: the God of your fathers hath sent me vnto you. And if they saye vnto me, what is thy name? what answere shall I geue the?