“ And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. ”
Moses as Judges Exodus 18:13 (should begin a new paragraph) J, Exodus 18:14 a E, Exodus 18:14 b J, Exodus 18:15 E, Exodus 18:16 a (neighbour) J, Exodus 18:16 bf. E, Exodus 18:18 a J,...
17. And Moses’ father-in-law said. He does not absolutely condemn the whole system which Moses had before adopted, after the manner of morose, or froward, or ambitious men who, by carping at...
And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. On the morrow ... Moses ... We are here presented with...
The Visit of Jethro 1. On the name Jethro , see Exodus 2:16 , and on Midian, Exodus 2:15 .
The thing that thou doest is not good . — Weighty as the arguments were, they failed to convince Jethro. He brought forward counter-arguments. By continuing to act as hitherto, Moses would, in the f...
Moses Appoints Rulers to Judge Israel Exodus 18:13-27 Jethro's frank acknowledgment of God's supremacy and lovingkindness was extremely beautiful. Oh, for more wisdom to discern, and humble rev...
Here we have an interesting interruption of the main narrative. Jethro arrests our attention and compels recognition of certain facts which we are liable to forget, as also were the Israelites of old...
Deuteronomy 1:9 .
TOO HEAVY A BURDEN ‘And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too h...
And Moses's father in law said unto him ,.... Having observed what he did, and heard his answer to the question he put to him: the thing that thou doest is not good ; not meaning that it was not m...
And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest [is] not good. Ver. 17. Is not good. ] We commonly say, He that receives a courtesy, sells his liberty. But so did not Jethro.
I judge between one another And if the people were as quarrelsome one with another as they were with God, he had many causes brought before him, and the more because their trials put them to no exp...
MOSES RECEIVING JETHRO (vs.1-12) Apparently Moses took his wife Zipporah and Gershom, his son, to Egypt when he returned there at God's call (ch.4:24-26). Likely his second son Eliezer, was born...
Jethro's Advice to Moses. B. C. 1491. 13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses s...
Not convenient either for thyself or for the people.
Jethro Advises Moses On How To Judge The People And Moses Acts on His Advice ( Exodus 18:13-26 ) . a On the next day Moses acts as judge for Israel and the people stand around him from morning unt...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 18:27 . Moses let his father-in-law depart.] The departure of Jethro may or may not have taken place prior to the law-giving from Sinai. It is quite possible, as Kalisch s...
Exodus 18:17-18 Various lessons may be gathered from the fact that Moses was wearing himself away by undue application to the duties of his office, and that by adopting Jethro's suggestion and div...
Exodus 18:5 . Jethro came to Moses at the mount of God. Horeb and Sinai, where God resided in glory, wrought miracles, and published his law. It would seem that Jethro stayed with Moses till the l...
Thou wilt surely wear away. Undue application to laborious duties Various lessons may be gathered from the fact that Moses was wearing himself away by undue application to the duties of his off...
EXPOSITION JETHRO 'S ADVICE TO MOSES , AND ITS ADOPTION . The office of ruler in ancient times, whether exercised by a king, a prince, or a mere chieftain, was always understood to in...
Jethro's Advice to Moses
Giving the Glory to God Exodus 18:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS How fittingly does our chapter open: "When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Mose...
Not good — Not convenient either for thee or them.