Exodus 18:17
Moses’ father-in-law said to him,“What you are doing is not good!
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- Exod 18:12-165 verses86%
12Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat food with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
13On the next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening.
14When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said,“What is this that you are doing for the people? Why are you sitting by yourself, and all the people stand around you from morning until evening?”
15Moses said to his father-in-law,“Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
16When they have a dispute, it comes to me and I decide between a man and his neighbor, and I make known the decrees of God and his laws.”
- Exod 18:18-192 verses82%
18You will surely wear out, both you and these people who are with you, for this is too heavy a burden for you; you are not able to do it by yourself.
19Now listen to me, I will give you advice, and may God be with you: You be a representative for the people to God, and you bring their disputes to God;
- Exod 18:23-242 verses82%
23If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will be able to go home satisfied.”
24Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he had said.
- Exod 18:26-272 verses79%
26They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.
27Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and so Jethro went to his own land.
- Exod 18:1-22 verses79%
1The Advice of Jethro Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
2Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah after he had sent her back,
- Exod 18:5-106 verses78%
5Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, together with Moses’ sons and his wife, came to Moses in the wilderness where he was camping by the mountain of God.
6He said to Moses,“I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons with her.”
7Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him; they each asked about the other’s welfare, and then they went into the tent.
8Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt for Israel’s sake, and all the hardship that had come on them along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.
9Jethro rejoiced because of all the good that the LORD had done for Israel, whom he had delivered from the hand of Egypt.
10Jethro said,“Blessed be the LORD who has delivered you from the hand of Egypt, and from the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from the Egyptians’ control!
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17Rules for First Fruits The LORD spoke to Moses:
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1The Slaughter of Animals The LORD spoke to Moses:
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1Exhortation to Obedience and Life The LORD spoke to Moses:
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29The Appeal to Hobab Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel, the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law,“We are journeying to 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 Hobab said to him,“I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred.”
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18The Return of Moses So Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him,“Let me go, so that I may return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses,“Go in peace.”
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41But Moses said,“Why are you now transgressing the commandment of the LORD? It will not succeed!
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1Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, 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.
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1Religious and Social Regulations The LORD spoke to Moses:
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15Then Moses spoke to the LORD:
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16Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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11The Jealousy Ordeal The LORD spoke to Moses:
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1The Midianite War The LORD spoke to Moses:
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17Regulations for Offering Votive and Freewill Offerings The LORD spoke to Moses:
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22The Assurance of Deliverance Moses returned to the LORD, and said,“Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why did you ever send me?
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1Regulations for the Eating of Priestly Stipends The LORD spoke to Moses:
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28Then Moses said,“This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them of my own will.
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1Sacrificial Rulings The LORD spoke to Moses:
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10Then the LORD said to Moses,
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11And Moses said to the LORD,“Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me?
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11Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day:
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4Then Moses cried out to the LORD,“What will I do with this people?– a little more and they will stone me!”
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1Prohibitions against Illegitimate Family Worship The LORD spoke to Moses:
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1Redemption of Vowed People The LORD spoke to Moses:
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11Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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28So the LORD said to Moses,“How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions?
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7So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him,
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14The man replied,“Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, thinking,“Surely what I did has become known.”
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26But Moses said,“That would not be the right thing to do, for the sacrifices we make to the LORD our God would be an abomination to the Egyptians. If we make sacrifices that are an abomination to the Egyptians right before their eyes, will they not stone us?
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1Trespass by Deception and False Oath(5:20) Then the LORD spoke to Moses: