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Verse Exodus 18:20. _THOU SHALT TEACH THEM ORDINANCES_] חקים
_chukkim_, all such _precepts_ as relate to the _ceremonies of
religion_ and _political economy_. _And laws_, התורת hattoroth,
the instruct...
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TEACH THEM - The Hebrew word is emphatic, and signifies
“enlightenment.” The text gives four distinct points:
(a) the “ordinances,” or specific enactments,
(b) “the laws,” or general regulations,
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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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ORDINANCES AND LAWS. Hebrew "the Ordinances and (or, even) the Laws"....
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_EXODUS 18:19_.— _Be thou for the people to God-ward_] i.e. "Do thou
continue still as the mediator between God and the people, going
between them: bringing the causes of the people, or their affairs...
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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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וְ הִזְהַרְתָּ֣ה אֶתְהֶ֔ם אֶת ־הַ
חֻקִּ֖ים וְ
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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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_To do. Be a mediator between God and the people: explain their wants,
and bring back his decision: but let inferior officers see them
executed. (Haydock)_...
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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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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 thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the
way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
Ver. 20. _And thou shalt teach them ordinances._] This alone will be...
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_Be thou for them to God-ward_ That was an honour in which it was not
fit any other should share with him. Also whatever concerned the whole
congregation must pass through his hand, Exodus 18:20. But...
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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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And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them,
let them know, teach them, the way wherein they must walk, and the
work that they must do. Moses was to retain for himself the
instr...
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JETHRO'S ADVICE TO MOSES...
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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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Thou alone shalt deliver and explain God's law to them, which they may
apply to their particular causes and occasions, and so end their
differences among themselves without giving thee any trouble....
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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 18:20 teach H2094 (H8689) H853 statutes H2706 laws H8451 show
H3045 (H8689) way H1870 walk...
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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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_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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teach Exodus 18:16 Deuteronomy 4:1 Deuteronomy 4:5 Deuteronomy 5:1...
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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...