Exodus 18:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

If 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.”

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  • Exod 18:18 : 18 You 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.
  • 1 Sam 8:6-7 : 6 But this request displeased Samuel, for they said,“Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the LORD. 7 The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.
  • 1 Sam 8:22 : 22 The LORD said to Samuel,“Do as they say and install a king over them.” Then Samuel said to the men of Israel,“Each of you go back to his own city.”
  • 2 Sam 18:3 : 3 But the soldiers replied,“You should not do this! For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”
  • 2 Sam 19:39 : 39 So all the people crossed the Jordan, as did the king. After the king had kissed him and blessed him, Barzillai returned to his home.
  • 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to David’s aid, striking the Philistine down and killing him. Then David’s men took an oath saying,“You will not go out to battle with us again! You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel!”
  • Acts 15:2 : 2 When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate with them, the church appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this point of disagreement.
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running– or had not run– in vain.
  • Phil 1:24-25 : 24 but it is more vital for your sake that I remain in the body. 25 And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,
  • Gen 18:33 : 33 The LORD went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.
  • Gen 21:10-12 : 10 So she said to Abraham,“Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!” 11 Sarah’s demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son. 12 But God said to Abraham,“Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.
  • Gen 30:25 : 25 The Flocks of Jacob After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban,“Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.
  • Exod 16:29 : 29 See, because the LORD has given you the Sabbath, that is why he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 18:24-27
    4 verses
    83%

    24Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he had said.

    25Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

    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 18:13-22
    10 verses
    80%

    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.”

    17Moses’ father-in-law said to him,“What you are doing is not good!

    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;

    20warn them of the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.

    21But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

    22They will judge the people under normal circumstances, and every difficult case they will bring to you, but every small case they themselves will judge, so that you may make it easier for yourself, and they will bear the burden with you.

  • Exod 4:18
    75%

    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.”

  • Num 32:20
    74%

    20Then Moses replied,“If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the LORD,

  • 1 Chr 22:13
    73%

    13Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the LORD ordered Moses to give to Israel. Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!

  • Exod 18:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Deut 6:18
    72%

    18Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,

  • Josh 1:17
    72%

    17Just as we obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. But may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses!

  • Exod 24:14
    71%

    14He told the elders,“Wait for us in this place until we return to you. Here are Aaron and Hur with you. Whoever has any matters of dispute can approach them.”

  • Exod 18:1
    71%

    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.

  • Deut 17:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

    8Appeal to a Higher Court If a matter is too difficult for you to judge– bloodshed, legal claim, or assault– matters of controversy in your villages– you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.

    9You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

    10You must then do as they have determined at that place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.

  • Num 27:20
    70%

    20Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient.

  • Exod 24:3
    70%

    3Moses came and told the people all the LORD’s words and all the decisions. All the people answered together,“We are willing to do all the words that the LORD has said,”

  • Deut 1:18
    70%

    18Instructions at Kadesh Barnea So I instructed you at that time regarding everything you should do.

  • Num 11:17
    70%

    17Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take part of the Spirit that is on you, and will put it on them, and they will bear some of the burden of the people with you, so that you do not bear it all by yourself.

  • Deut 13:18
    70%

    18Thus you must obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.

  • Num 15:23
    70%

    23all that the LORD has commanded you by the authority of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses and continuing through your future generations–

  • Deut 31:7
    70%

    7Then Moses called out to Joshua in the presence of all Israel,“Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the LORD promised to give their ancestors, and you will enable them to inherit it.

  • Num 29:40
    70%

    40(30:1) So Moses told the Israelites everything, just as the LORD had commanded him.

  • Deut 20:11
    70%

    11If it accepts your terms and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves.

  • Exod 19:7
    70%

    7So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him,

  • Lev 24:13
    70%

    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 14:13
    70%

    13Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–

  • Num 32:15
    69%

    15For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction.”

  • Deut 27:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”

    11Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day:

  • Deut 12:28
    69%

    28Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

  • Gen 15:15
    69%

    15But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

  • Num 14:15
    69%

    15If you kill this entire people at once, then the nations that have heard of your fame will say,

  • Num 11:15
    69%

    15But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.”

  • Num 31:2
    69%

    2“Exact vengeance for the Israelites from the Midianites– after that you will be gathered to your people.”

  • Deut 31:23
    69%

    23and the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun,“Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.”

  • Num 8:23
    69%

    23The Work of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 10:29
    69%

    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.”