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Exodus 18:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.” "

Exodus 18:16

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

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

16 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.”

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

18 You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.

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Deuteronomy 1:16

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"I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him."

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"If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked."

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Acts 18:15

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"but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”"

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2 Chronicles 19:6

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"and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for the LORD; and he is with you in the judgment."

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1 Kings 3:16

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"Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him."

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Exodus 24:14

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"He said to the elders, “Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them.”"

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Exodus 18:1

"Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt."

Exodus 18:2

"Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,"

Exodus 18:3

"and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”."

Exodus 18:4

"The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”"

Exodus 18:5

"Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God."

Exodus 18:6

"He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”"

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