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Verse Exodus 18:15. _THE PEOPLE COME UNTO ME TO INQUIRE OF GOD_] To
know the mind and will of God on the subject of their inquiries. Moses
was the _mediator_ between God and the people; and as they be...
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TO ENQUIRE OF GOD - The decisions of Moses were doubtless accepted by
the people as oracles. The internal prompting of the Spirit was a
sufficient guidance for him, and a sufficient authority for the...
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CHAPTER 18 MOSES AND JETHRO
_ 1. The coming of Jethro (Exodus 18:1)_
2. Moses' and Jethro's communion (Exodus 18:6)
3. Jethro's advice (Exodus 18:13)
4. Moses' action ...
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MOSES AS JUDGES EXODUS 18:13 (should begin a new paragraph) J, Exodus
18:14 a E, Exodus 18:14 b J, Exodus 18:15 E,...
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MOSES SAT TO JUDGE THE PEOPLE— Rather, which the context clearly
proves to be the meaning, _to administer justice to the people._ The
word שׁפט _shapat,_ says Cocceius, denotes, at large, all
_regulat...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
18 Now Je-thro, the priest of Mid-i-an, Mo-ses-' father-in-law, heard
of all that God had done for Mo-ses, and for Is-ra-el his people, how
that Je-ho-vah had brought Is...
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_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._
On the morrow ... Moses ... We are here presented with a spec...
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THE VISIT OF JETHRO
1. On the name JETHRO, see Exodus 2:16, and on MIDIAN, Exodus 2:15....
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TO ENQUIRE OF GOD] This phrase is explained by the words that follow
at the end of the next v., I DO MAKE _THEM_ KNOW THE STATUTES OF GOD,
AND HIS LAWS: cp. 1 Samuel 9:9. Already we see that the decis...
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EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT
EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 18
JETHRO’S VISIT – VERSES 1-12
V1 Jethro was the father of Moses’ w...
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Moses assigns two reasons for his conduct....
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וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה לְ חֹתְנֹ֑ו כִּֽי
־יָבֹ֥א
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MOSES APPOINTS RULERS TO JUDGE ISRAEL
Exodus 18:13
Jethro's frank acknowledgment of God's supremacy and lovingkindness
was extremely beautiful. Oh, for more wisdom to discern, and humble
reverence to...
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Here we have an interesting interruption of the main narrative. Jethro
arrests our attention and compels recognition of certain facts which
we are liable to forget, as also were the Israelites of old....
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And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me
to enquire of (g) God:
(g) That is, to know God's will, and to have justice executed....
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Reader, carry on in your mind the typical representation here made of
the Lord Jesus, remember those sweet scriptures, John 14:6; John 14:6....
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There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more
decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows
it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
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15._And Moses said unto his father-in-law. _Moses replies ingenuously,
as if on a very praiseworthy matter, like one unconscious of any
fault; for he declared himself to be the minister of God, and th...
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Up to this all was grace, though there were dependence and conflict.
The murmurs of the people had only served to shew the riches of the
grace of God, who displayed His sovereignty in giving them all...
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AND MOSES SAID UNTO HIS FATHER IN LAW,.... In answer to his question;
and there were two things, as Aben Ezra observes, he did to the
people, and for which they came to him; the one is observed in thi...
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And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me
to enquire of God:
Ver. 15. _ To inquire of God._] For a divine sentence is in the mouth
of the Judge: therefore also the place...
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_The people came to inquire of God_ And happy was it for them that
they had such an oracle to consult. Moses was faithful both to him
that _appointed him_, and to them that _consulted him_, and made t...
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1 Iethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sonnes.
7 Moses entertaineth him.
13 Iethros counsell is accepted.
27 Iethro departeth.
1 WHEN [NOTE: Leviticus 2:16.] Iethro the Priest of Midian, Mose...
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JETHRO'S ADVICE TO MOSES...
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And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me
to inquire of God. Moses was God's ambassador to the people, God's
visible representative, and so the people came to him for divi...
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FIFTH SECTION
The journey through the wilderness to Sinai. Want of water. Marah.
Elim. The Wilderness of Sin. Quails. Manna. Rephidim (Massah and
Meribah). The Amalekites. Jethro and his advice, a hu...
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MOSES RECEIVING JETHRO
(vs.1-12)
Apparently Moses took his wife Zipporah and Gershom, his son, to Egypt
when he returned there at God's call (ch.4:24-26). Likely his second
son Eliezer, was born in E...
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13-27 Here is the great zeal and the toil of Moses as a magistrate.
Having been employed to redeem Israel out of the house of bondage, he
is a further type of Christ, that he is employed as a lawgive...
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i.e. Of the mind and will of God, both as to his worship and service
and as to their mutual duties to one another. 1 SAMUEL 9:9....
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We here arrive at the close of a very marked division of the book of
Exodus. We have seen God, in the exercise of His perfect grace,
visiting and redeeming His people; bringing them forth out of the l...
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JETHRO ADVISES MOSES ON HOW TO JUDGE THE PEOPLE AND MOSES ACTS ON HIS
ADVICE (EXODUS 18:13).
a On the next day Moses acts as judge for Israel and the people stand
around him from morning until evenin...
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CONTENTS: Moses joined by his wife and children. Judges selected to
solve the problems of the people.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Jethro, Zipporah, Gershom, Eliezer.
CONCLUSION: Telling of God's...
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Exodus 18:5. _Jethro came to Moses at the mount of God._ Horeb and
Sinai, where God resided in glory, wrought miracles, and published his
law. It would seem that Jethro stayed with Moses till the law...
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_Moses sat to Judge the people._
LESSONS
1. God’s providence joins work to sacrifice, and His servants do
unite them.
2. The morrow brings its own work from God unto His servants, not
every day the...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 18:1 JETHRO, THE PRIEST OF MIDIAN, MOSES’
FATHER-IN-LAW (see Exodus 3:1;...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 18:13 Jethro upholds Moses’ role as the one
through whom Israel would KNOW THE STATUTES OF GOD AND HIS LAWS (v.
Exodus 18:16). He helps Moses f
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 18:27. Moses let his father-in-law depart.] The departure of
Jethro may or may not have taken place prior to the law-giving from
Sinai. It is quite possible, as Kalisch suggest...
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EXPOSITION
JETHRO'S ADVICE TO MOSES, AND ITS ADOPTION. The office of ruler in
ancient times, whether exercised by a king, a prince, or a mere
chieftain, was always understood to include within it the...
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Now when Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law (Exodus
18:1),
But the same Hebrew word could be translated "brother-in-law", for we
remember earlier, he was called "Reuel"; the father-in-...
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to enquire Exodus 18:19 Exodus 18:20 Leviticus 24:12 Numbers 15:34...
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GIVING THE GLORY TO GOD
Exodus 18:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
How fittingly does our chapter open: "When Jethro, the priest of
Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for
Moses, and f...
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The people came to enquire of God — And happy was it for them that
they had such an oracle to consult. Moses was faithful both to him
that appointed him, and to them that consulted him, and made them...