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Verse Exodus 18:13. _TO JUDGE THE PEOPLE_] To hear and determine
controversies between man and man, and to give them instruction in
things appertaining to God.
_FROM THE MORNING UNTO THE EVENING._] M...
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FROM THE MORNING UNTO THE EVENING - It may be assumed as at least
probable that numerous cases of difficulty arose out of the division
of the spoil of the Amalekites Exodus 17:13, and causes would hav...
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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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UNTO. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Samaritan
Pentateuch, and Syriac, read "even until"....
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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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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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ON THE MORROW. — The day following Jethro’s arrival.
MOSES SAT TO JUDGE THE PEOPLE. — The office of prince, or ruler, was
in early times regarded as including within it that of judge. Rulers
in these...
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וַ יְהִי֙ מִֽ מָּחֳרָ֔ת וַ יֵּ֥שֶׁב
מֹשֶׁ֖ה
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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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Reader! do not overlook in this feature of Moses, one of the
characters of the Lord Jesus, whom Moses prefigured. John 5:22....
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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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13._And it came to pass. _A memorable circumstance, and one well worth
knowing, is here introduced. In that form of government over which God
presided, and which He honored with extraordinary manifest...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW,.... The above Targum paraphrases
it,
"on the day after the day of atonement:''
and so Jarchi observes the same, out of a book of theirs called
Siphri; but rather t...
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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.
Ver. 13. _And the people stood by Moses._] Being haply, as the...
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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 it came to pass on the morrow that Moses sat to judge the people,
to hear cases, to adjust differences and give advice. AND THE PEOPLE
STOOD BY MOSES FROM THE MORNING UNTO THE EVENING. The number...
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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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MOSES SAT as a civil magistrate, by hearing and determining causes and
controversies arising among the people....
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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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Exodus 18:13 day H4283 Moses H4872 sat H3427 (H8799) judge H8199
(H8800) people H5971 people H5971 stood...
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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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Judges 5:10 Job 29:7 Isaiah 16:5 Joel 3:12 Matthew 23:2...
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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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Moses sat to judge the people — To answer enquiries; to acquaint
them with the will of God in doubtful cases, and to explain the laws
of God that were already given....