Exodus 18:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Num 15:34 : 34 And they put him in confinement, because it was not yet declared what should be done to him.
  • Num 27:5 : 5 And Moses brought their case before the LORD.
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses, 9 and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment. 10 You shall do according to the decision they give you at the place which the LORD chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you. 11 According to the sentence of the law which they teach you, and according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence they show you, to the right hand or to the left. 12 The man who acts presumptuously and will not listen to the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall put away the evil from Israel. 13 And all the people shall hear and fear, and no longer act presumptuously.
  • Exod 18:19-20 : 19 Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you. Be for the people a representative to God, that you may bring the causes to God. 20 And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.
  • Lev 24:12-14 : 12 And they put him in custody, so the decision of the LORD might be shown to them. 13 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 14 Bring forth him who has cursed outside the camp; and let all who heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
  • Num 9:6 : 6 And there were certain men who were defiled by the dead body of a man, so they could not keep the Passover that day: and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day;
  • Num 9:8 : 8 And Moses said to them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

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  • Exod 18:12-14
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    86%

    12 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.

    13 And it happened on the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood by Moses from morning until evening.

    14 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand by you from morning to evening?

  • Exod 18:16-19
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    84%

    16 When they have a dispute, they come to me, and I judge between one and another, and make them know the statutes of God and His laws.

    17 And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that you do is not good.

    18 You will surely wear yourself out, and these people who are with you as well, for this thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it by yourself.

    19 Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you. Be for the people a representative to God, that you may bring the causes to God.

  • Exod 18:23-27
    5 verses
    82%

    23 If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will go to their place in peace.

    24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he said.

    25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

    26 And they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

    27 And Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way to his own land.

  • Exod 18:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt,

    2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

  • Exod 18:5-8
    4 verses
    81%

    5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mount of God.

    6 And he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, am come to you, and your wife, and her two sons with her.

    7 And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down, and kissed him; and they asked each other about their well-being; and they went into the tent.

    8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the hardships that had come upon them along the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

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

  • Lev 18:1
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    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 27:15
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    15 And Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

  • Exod 4:18
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    18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray, and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

  • Num 15:17
    74%

    17 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 27:5
    74%

    5 And Moses brought their case before the LORD.

  • Exod 19:7
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    7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.

  • Num 15:1
    74%

    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 10:29
    73%

    29 And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place which the LORD said, I will give it to you: come with us, and we will do you good: for the LORD has spoken good concerning Israel.

  • Lev 19:1
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    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Lev 17:1
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    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 5:22
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    22 And Moses returned to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you mistreated this people? Why is it that you have sent me?

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

  • Num 31:1
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    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 14:13
    72%

    13 And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)

  • Exod 32:11
    72%

    11 Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, "LORD, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people, whom You have brought forth from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

  • Exod 2:18
    72%

    18 When they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come so soon today?

  • Exod 3:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

    11 And Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

  • Exod 17:4
    72%

    4 And Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.

  • Num 25:16
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    16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 2:15
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    15 When Pharaoh heard of this, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

  • Exod 19:3
    71%

    3 And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:

  • Acts 7:31
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    31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him,

  • Num 16:28
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    28 And Moses said, Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of my own will.

  • Lev 22:1
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    1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

  • Exod 19:17
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    17 And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the lower part of the mount.

  • Exod 19:9
    71%

    9 And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever. And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.

  • Exod 25:1
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    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 3:4
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    4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here I am.

  • Exod 3:13
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    13 And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you; and they say to me, What is his name? what shall I say to them?