Verse 13
Exodus 18:13
King James Version
13
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִי֙ מִֽ/מָּחֳרָ֔ת וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב מֹשֶׁ֖ה לִ/שְׁפֹּ֣ט אֶת הָ/עָ֑ם וַ/יַּעֲמֹ֤ד הָ/עָם֙ עַל מֹשֶׁ֔ה מִן הַ/בֹּ֖קֶר עַד הָ/עָֽרֶב
English Translation
And it was the next day, and Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood before Moses from morning until evening.
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Chapter 18 Context
1
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God (Elohim) had done for...
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2
Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
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3
And her two sons; of which the name of the one
was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a s...
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4
And the name of the other
was Eliezer; for the God (Elohim) of my father,
said he, was mine help, an...
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5
And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, wh...
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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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7
And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each...
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8
And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Is...
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9
And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered ou...
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10
And Jethro said, Blessed
be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and o...
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11
Now I know that the LORD
is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly
he wa...
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12
And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God (Elohim): and Aaron c...
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13
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses...
14
And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What
is this thing that th...
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15
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God (Elohim):
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16
When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make
them...
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17
And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest
is not good.
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18
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that
is
with thee: for this thing
is too hea...
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19
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God (Elohim) shall be with thee: Be thou fo...
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20
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, a...
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21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God (Elohim), men of truth,...
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22
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be,
that every great matter they shall br...
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23
If thou shalt do this thing, and God (Elohim) command thee
so, then thou shalt be able to endure, an...
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24
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
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25
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands...
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26
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small...
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27
And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
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