Verse 16
Exodus 18:16
Literal Standard Version
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when they have a matter, it has come to me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbor, and made known the statutes of God (Elohim), and His laws.”
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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And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, hears all that God (Elohim) has done for Moses...
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and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, takes Zipporah, wife of Moses, after her parting,
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and her two sons, of whom the name of one is Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a str...
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and the name of the other is Eliezer, for, “The God (Elohim) of my father is for my help, and He del...
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And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, comes, and his sons, and his wife, to Moses, to the wilderness w...
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and he says to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, and your wife, and her two so...
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And Moses goes out to meet his father-in-law, and bows himself, and kisses him, and they ask of one...
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and Moses recounts to his father-in-law all that YHWH has done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians, on...
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And Jethro rejoices for all the good which YHWH has done to Israel, whom He has delivered from the h...
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and Jethro says, “Blessed is YHWH, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from th...
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now I have known that YHWH is greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly—He...
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12
And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, takes a burnt-offering and sacrifices it for God (Elohim); and A...
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And it comes to pass on the next day, that Moses sits to judge the people, and the people stand befo...
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and the father-in-law of Moses sees all that he is doing for the people and says, “What is this thin...
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And Moses says to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to seek God (Elohim);
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when they have a matter, it has come to me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbor, and ma...
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And the father-in-law of Moses says to him, “The thing which you are doing is not good;
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you surely wear away, both you, and this people which is with you, for the thing is too heavy for yo...
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Now listen to my voice, I counsel you, and God (Elohim) is with you: be for the people before God (E...
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and you have warned them concerning the statutes and the laws, and have made known to them the way i...
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And you provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God (Elohim), men of truth, hating dis...
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and they have judged the people at all times; and it has come to pass, they bring every great matter...
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If you do this thing, and God (Elohim) has commanded you, then you have been able to stand, and all...
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And Moses listens to the voice of his father-in-law, and does all that he said,
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and Moses chooses men of ability out of all Israel, and makes them chiefs over the people for heads...
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and they have judged the people at all times; they bring the hard matter to Moses, and they judge ev...
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And Moses sends his father-in-law away, and he goes away to his own land.
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