Exodus 18:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If 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.

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  • Exod 18:18 : 18 Thou 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.
  • 1 Sam 8:6-7 : 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, geue vs a king to iudge vs: And Samuel prayed vnto the lorde. 7 And the Lorde saide vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they say vnto thee: For they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not raigne ouer them.
  • 1 Sam 8:22 : 22 And the Lord sayd to Samuel: Hearken vnto their voyce, and make them a king. And Samuel said vnto the men of Israel: Go euery man vnto his citie.
  • 2 Sam 18:3 : 3 And the people aunswered, Thou shalt not go foorth: for if we flee away, they wil not care for vs, neither shal they regard vs, though halfe of vs were slaine: but thou art nowe worth ten thousande of vs, Wherfore it is better that thou succour vs out of the citie.
  • 2 Sam 19:39 : 39 And al the people went ouer Iordane: and whe the king was come ouer Iordane, he kissed Barzellai, & blessed him, & he went backe againe vnto his owne place.
  • 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abisai the sonne of Zaruia succoured him, & smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the seruauntes of Dauid sware vnto him, saying: Thou shalt go no more out with vs to battaile, that thou quenche not the light of Israel.
  • Acts 15:2 : 2 So, when there was rysen discention and disputyng, not a litle vnto Paul and Barnabas, agaynst them: they determyned that Paul and Barnabas, and certayne other of them, shoulde go vp to Hierusalem, vnto the Apostles and elders, about this question.
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 I went vp also by reuelation, & I declared vnto them the Gospel which I preache among the gentiles: but priuately, with them which were the chiefe, lest by any meanes, I shoulde runne or had runne in vayne.
  • Phil 1:24-25 : 24 Neuerthelesse, to abyde in ye fleshe, is more needefull for you. 25 And this am I sure of, that I shall abyde & continue with you all, for your furtheraunce and ioy of fayth,
  • Gen 18:33 : 33 And the Lorde went his way assoone as he had left communyng with Abraham, and Abraham also turned vnto his place.
  • Gen 21:10-12 : 10 Wherfore she sayd vnto Abraham: cast out this bond woman, & her sonne: for the sonne of this bonde woman, shal not be heyre with my sonne Isahac. 11 And this saying was very greeuous in Abrahams sight, because of his sonne. 12 And God sayde vnto Abraham, let it not be greeuous in thy sight, because of the lad and of thy bonde woman: In al that Sara hath said vnto thee, heare her voyce, for in Isahac shall thy seede be called.
  • Gen 30:25 : 25 Assoone as Rachel had borne Ioseph, Iacob sayde to Laban: Send me away, that I maye go vnto my owne place, and to my countrey.
  • Exod 16:29 : 29 See, the Lorde hath geuen you a sabboth, therfore he geueth you the sixt day bread for two dayes: byde therfore euerye man at home, and let no man go out of his place the seuenth day.

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  • Exod 18:24-27
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    83%

    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 18:13-22
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    80%

    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?

    15And Moyses sayde to his father in lawe: because the people come vnto me to seeke counsayle of God.

    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:

    20And thou shalt teache them ordinaunces and lawes, and shew them the way wherein they must walke, & the worke that they must do.

    21Moreouer, thou shalt seeke out among all the people, men of actiuitie and such as feare God, true men hating couetousnes, and place of these ouer the people rulers of thousandes, rulers of hundrethes, rulers of fiftithes, and rulers of tennes,

    22And let them iudge the people at all seasons: and euery great matter that commeth, let them bryng vnto thee, but let them iudge all small causes them selues, and so shall it be easier for thy selfe, and they shall beare a burthen with thee.

  • 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 32:20
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    20And Moyses sayde vnto them: If ye wyll do this thyng, and go harnessed before the Lorde to warre,

  • 1 Chr 22:13
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    13For then thou shalt prosper, euen when thou takest heede and fulfillest the statutes and lawes which the Lorde charged Moyses with for Israel: Plucke vp thyne hearte therfore, & be strong, dread not, nor be discouraged.

  • Exod 18:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Deut 6:18
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    18And thou shalt do that which is right & good in the sight of the Lorde: that thou mayst prosper, and that thou mayst go in, & possesse that good lande which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers,

  • Josh 1:17
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    17According as we obeyed Moyses in al thinges, so will we obey thee: only the Lorde thy God be with thee, as he was with Moyses.

  • Exod 24:14
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    14And said vnto the elders, Tary ye here vntill we come agayne vnto you: Behold, here is Aaron and Hur with you. If any man haue any matters to do, let hym come to them.

  • Exod 18:1
    71%

    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.

  • Deut 17:8-10
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    71%

    8If 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,

    9And 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.

    10And 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:

  • Num 27:20
    70%

    20And put of thy prayse vpon him, that all the companie of the children of Israel may be obedient.

  • Exod 24:3
    70%

    3And Moyses came and tolde the people all the wordes of the Lorde, and all the iudgementes: And all the people aunswered with one voyce, and sayde: All the wordes whiche the Lorde hath sayde wyll we do.

  • Deut 1:18
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    18And I comaunded you the same season, all the thinges which ye should do.

  • Num 11:17
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    17And I wyll come downe, and talke with thee there, and take of the spirite which is vpon thee, and put vpon them, and they shall beare the burthen of the people with thee, lest thou be constrayned to beare it alone.

  • Deut 13:18
    70%

    18Therefore shalt thou hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to kepe all his commaundementes whiche I commaunde thee this day, that thou do that whiche is ryght in the eyes of the Lorde thy God.

  • Num 15:23
    70%

    23Euen all that the Lorde hath commaunded you by the hande of Moyses, from the first day that the Lorde commaunded Moyses, and hence forwarde among your generations.

  • Deut 31:7
    70%

    7And Moyses called vnto Iosuah, and sayd vnto him in the sight of all Israel: Be strong & of good courage, for thou must go with this people vnto the lande which the Lord hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them, and thou shalt geue it them to inherite.

  • Num 29:40
    70%

    40And Moyses tolde the children of Israel, all that the Lord comaunded him.

  • Deut 20:11
    70%

    11And if they aunswere thee agayne peaceably, and open vnto thee, then let all the people that is founde therin, be tributaries vnto thee, and serue thee.

  • 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.

  • Lev 24:13
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    13And 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.)

  • Num 32:15
    69%

    15For if ye turne away from after hym, he wyll yet agayne leaue the people in the wildernesse, and ye shall destroy all this folke.

  • Deut 27:10-11
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    69%

    10Thou shalt hearken therfore vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, and do his commaundementes, and his ordinaunces which I commaunde thee this day.

    11And Moyses charged the people the same day, saying:

  • Deut 12:28
    69%

    28Take heede, & heare all these wordes which I commaunde thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy chyldren after thee for euer, if thou doest that whiche is good and ryght in the sight of the Lorde thy God.

  • Gen 15:15
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    15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good olde age.

  • Num 14:15
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    15If thou shalt kyll all this people as they were but one man: then the nations whiche haue hearde the fame of thee, wyll say:

  • Num 11:15
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    15If thou deale thus with me, kyll me I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, yt I see not my wretchednesse.

  • Num 31:2
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    2Auenge the children of Israel of the Madianites, & afterwarde shalt thou be gathered vnto thy people.

  • Deut 31:23
    69%

    23And he gaue Iosuah the sonne of Nun a charge, and sayde: Be bolde and strong, for thou shalt bryng the children of Israel into the lande which I sware vnto them: & I wil be with thee.

  • Num 8:23
    69%

    23And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

  • Num 10:29
    69%

    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.