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Verse Exodus 18:18. _THOU WILT SURELY WEAR AWAY_] נבל תבל
_nabol tibbol, in_ _wearing way, thou wilt wear away _- by being thus
_continually_ employed, thou wilt soon become _finally exhausted_.
_And...
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THOU WILT SURELY WEAR AWAY - From decay and exhaustion....
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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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WILT SURELY WEAR AWAY. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), "a
wearing thou wilt wear". See note on Genesis 26:28....
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THOU WILT SURELY WEAR AWAY— Thou wilt both consume _thyself_ by too
much fatigue, as well as the _people,_ by this long and painful
attendance, which they must necessarily give upon thee their sole
ju...
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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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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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נָבֹ֣ל תִּבֹּ֔ל גַּם ־אַתָּ֕ה גַּם
־הָ עָ֥ם
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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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_Foolish. Septuagint, "intolerable." --- Labour. Hebrew, "thou wilt
surely sink, or be wasted away."_...
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Deuteronomy 1:9....
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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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_TOO HEAVY A BURDEN_
‘And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest
is not good. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people
that is with thee: for this thing is too he...
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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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THOU WILT SURELY WEAR AWAY,.... His natural strength and animal
spirits, and so his flesh; he feared his constant application and
attendance to business would impair his health, break his
constitution...
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Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that [is] with
thee: for this thing [is] too heavy for thee; thou art not able to
perform it thyself alone.
Ver. 18. _Thou wilt surely wear away...
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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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Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is with
thee. Moses would use up, and thus waste, all his strength and energy,
and the people would be worn out with the chafing of suspense...
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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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THOU WILT SURELY WEAR AWAY:
_ Heb._ Fading thou wilt fade...
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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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THOU WILT SURELY waste and destroy thy health and strength by
excessive labour of mind and body; AND THIS PEOPLE, by tedious
attendance and expectation ere their turn comes for the decision of
their m...
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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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Exodus 18:17
Various lessons may be gathered from the fact that Moses was wearing
himself away by undue application to the duties of his office, and
that by adopting Jethro's suggestion and dividing...
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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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_Thou wilt surely wear away._
UNDUE APPLICATION TO LABORIOUS DUTIES
Various lessons may be gathered from the fact that Moses was wearing
himself away by undue application to the duties of his office...
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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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thou wilt surely wear away. Heb. fading thou wilt fade 2 Corinthians
12:15 Philippians 2:30 1 Thessalonians 2:8...
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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...