to enquire Exodus 18:19 Exodus 18:20 Leviticus 24:12-14 Numbers 15:34 Numbers 27:5
To enquire of God - The decisions of Moses were doubtless accepted by the people as oracles. The internal prompting of the Spirit was a sufficien...
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of (g) God: (g) That is, to know God's will, and to have justice e...
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 (neighb...
15. And Moses said unto his father-in-law. Moses replies ingenuously, as if on a very praiseworthy matter, like one unconscious of any fault...
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God: The people come unto me to inquire of God - To know the min...
Moses sat to judge the people— Rather, which the context clearly proves to be the meaning, to administer justice to the people. The word שׁפט sh...
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 th...
The Visit of Jethro 1. On the name Jethro , see Exodus 2:16 , and on Midian, Exodus 2:15 .
To enquire of God ] This phrase is explained by the words that follow at the end of the next v., I do make them know the statutes of God, and his...
Moses assigns two reasons for his conduct.
Moses Appoints Rulers to Judge Israel Exodus 18:13-27 Jethro's frank acknowledgment of God's supremacy and lovingkindness was extremely beautif...
Here we have an interesting interruption of the main narrative. Jethro arrests our attention and compels recognition of certain facts which we are li...
Reader, carry on in your mind the typical representation here made of the Lord Jesus, remember those sweet scriptures, John 14:6 ; John 14:6 .
And Moses said unto his father in law ,.... In answer to his question; and there were two things, as Aben Ezra observes, he did to the people, and f...
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: Ver. 15. To inquire of God. ] For a divine sentence i...
The people came to inquire of God And happy was it for them that they had such an oracle to consult. Moses was faithful both to him that appointed...
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....
Jethro's Advice to Moses. B. C. 1491. ...
i.e. Of the mind and will of God, both as to his worship and service and as to their mutual duties to one another. 1 Samuel 9:9 .
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 Israe...
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-giv...
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 w...
Moses sat to Judge the people. Lessons 1. God’s providence joins work to sacrifice, and His servants do unite them. 2. The morrow brings its...
EXPOSITION JETHRO 'S ADVICE TO MOSES , AND ITS ADOPTION . The office of ruler in ancient times, whether exercised by a king, a prince...
Jethro's Advice to Moses
And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God. Moses was God's ambassador to the people, God's visible rep...
Giving the Glory to God Exodus 18:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS How fittingly does our chapter open: "When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' fath...
The people came to enquire of God — And happy was it for them that they had such an oracle to consult. Moses was faithful both to him that appointe...
15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: