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Exodus 18:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. "
Exodus 18:17
Verse in Context
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And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
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 heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
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Exodus 18:1
"When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;"
Exodus 18:2
"Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,"
Exodus 18:3
"And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:"
Exodus 18:4
"And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:"
Exodus 18:5
"And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:"
Exodus 18:6
"And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons"
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