"And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:" — Exodus 18:15

Exodus 18:15 · KJV

“And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:”

— Exodus 18:15

And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What {is} this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

Verse 16

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. {one...: Heb. a man and his fellow}

Exodus 18 — Context

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.

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. {one...: Heb. a man and his fellow}

And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest {is} not good.

Cross References

Numbers 27:5

And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

Numbers 15:34

And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

Numbers 9:6

And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

Deuteronomy 17:8-13

If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, {being} matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

Leviticus 24:12-14

And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. {that...: Heb. to expound unto them according to the mouth of the LORD}

Numbers 9:8

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

Exodus 18:19-20

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: