Verse 16
Exodus 18:16
Geneva Bible
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When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betweene one and another, and declare the ordinances of God (Elohim), and his lawes.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי יִהְיֶ֨ה לָ/הֶ֤ם דָּבָר֙ בָּ֣א אֵלַ֔/י וְ/שָׁ֣פַטְתִּ֔י בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ וּ/בֵ֣ין רֵעֵ֑/הוּ וְ/הוֹדַעְתִּ֛י אֶת חֻקֵּ֥י הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְ/אֶת תּוֹרֹתָֽי/ו
English Translation
If there is a matter that comes to you, and you judge between a man and his neighbor, and you make known my statutes and my laws.
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Chapter 18 Context
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When Iethro the Priest of Midian Moses father in lawe heard all that God (Elohim) had done for Moses...
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Then Iethro the father in lawe of Moses, tooke Zipporah Moses wife, (after he had sent her away)
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And her two sonnes, (whereof the one was called Gershom: for he sayd, I haue bene an aliant in a str...
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And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God (Elohim) of my father, said he, was mine helpe, a...
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And Iethro Moses father in law came with his two sonnes, and his wife vnto Moses into the wildernes,...
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And he said to Moses, I thy father in law Iethro am come to thee, and thy wife and her two sonnes wi...
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And Moses went out to meete his father in law, and did obeisance and kissed him, and eche asked othe...
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Then Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done vnto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for...
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And Iethro reioyced at all the goodnesse, which the Lord had shewed to Israel, and because he had de...
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Therfore Iethro sayd, Blessed be the Lord who hath deliuered you out of the hande of the Egyptians,...
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Now I know that the Lord is greater then all the gods: for as they haue dealt proudly with them, so...
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12
Then Iethro Moses father in lawe tooke burnt offerings and sacrifices to offer vnto God (Elohim). An...
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Now on the morow, when Moses sate to iudge the people, the people stoode about Moses from morning vn...
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And when Moses father in law saw all that he did to the people, he sayde, What is this that thou doe...
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And Moses sayd vnto his father in law, Because the people come vnto me to seeke God (Elohim).
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When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betweene one and another, and declare the or...
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But Moses father in law said vnto him, The thing which thou doest, is not well.
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Thou both weariest thy selfe greatly, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heauie...
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Heare nowe my voyce, (I will giue thee counsell, and God (Elohim) shalbe with thee) be thou for the...
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And admonish them of the ordinances, and of the lawes, and shew them the way, wherein they must walk...
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Moreouer, prouide thou among al the people men of courage, fearing God (Elohim), men dealing truely,...
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And let them iudge the people at all seasons: but euery great matter let them bring vnto thee, and l...
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If thou do this thing, (and God (Elohim) so command thee) both thou shalt be able to endure, and all...
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So Moses obeyed the voyce of his father in law, and did all that he had sayd:
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And Moses chose men of courage out of all Israel, and made them heads ouer the people, rulers ouer t...
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And they iudged the people at all seasons, but they brought the hard causes vnto Moses: for they iud...
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Afterward Moses let his father in law depart, and he went into his countrey.
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