Keluaran 18:23

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Jika engkau berbuat demikian dan Allah memerintahkan hal itu kepadamu, maka engkau akan sanggup menahannya, dan seluruh bangsa ini akan pulang dengan puas senang ke tempatnya."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Jika engkau berbuat demikian dan Allah memerintahkan hal itu kepadamu, maka engkau akan sanggup menahannya, dan seluruh bangsa ini akan pulang dengan puas senang ke tempatnya."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Jikalau kiranya engkau berbuat demikian, dan dibenarkan Allah akan dia, maka dapat engkau menanggung dia, dan mereka ini sekalipun sampailah ke tempatnya dengan sejahteranya.

Contextual Overview

¹³ And on the morowe Moyses sate to iudge the people: and the people stoode about Moyses from morning vnto eue. ¹⁴ And when Moyses father in lawe sawe all that he dyd vnto the people, he sayd: what is this that thou doest vnto the people? Why sittest thou thy selfe alone, and all the people stande about thee from morning vnto euen? ¹⁵ And Moyses sayde to his father in lawe: because the people come vnto me to seeke counsayle of God. ¹⁶ When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betweene euery man & his neyghbour, & shew them the ordinaunces of God and his lawes. ¹⁷ And Moyses father in lawe sayde vnto hym: It is not well that thou doest. ¹⁸ Thou both weryest thy selfe, and this people that is with thee: For this thing is of more wayght, then thou art able to perfourme thy selfe alone. ¹⁹ Heare therfore nowe my voyce, and I wyll geue thee councell, and God shalbe with thee: Be thou vnto the people to Godwarde, that thou mayest bring the causes vnto God: ²⁰ And thou shalt teache them ordinaunces and lawes, and shew them the way wherein they must walke, & the worke that they must do. ²¹ Moreouer, thou shalt seeke out among all the people, men of actiuitie [and] such as feare God, true men hating couetousnes, and place [of these] ouer the [people] rulers of thousandes, rulers of hundrethes, rulers of fiftithes, and rulers of tennes, ²² And let them iudge the people at all seasons: and euery great matter that commeth, let them bryng vnto thee, but let them iudge all small causes them selues, and so shall it be easier for thy selfe, and they shall beare a [burthen] with thee.

Bible Verse Review
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God: Exodus 18:18, Genesis 21:10-12, 1 Samuel 8:6, 1 Samuel 8:7, 1 Samuel 8:22, Acts 15:2, Galatians 2:2

and all this: Exodus 16:29, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 30:25, 2 Samuel 18:3, 2 Samuel 19:39, 2 Samuel 21:17, Philippians 1:24, Philippians 1:25

Reciprocal: Leviticus 24:12 - that the mind of the Lord might be showed them 1 Chronicles 13:2 - and that it be Matthew 23:3 - whatsoever 2 Peter 3:9 - not willing

Cross-References

Genesis 18:4
Let a litle water, I pray you, be fet, and washe your feete, and refreshe your selues vnder the tree.

Genesis 18:5
And I wyll fet a morsell of bread to comfort your heartes withall, and then shall you go your wayes: for euen therefore are ye come to your seruaunt. And they sayde: do euen so as thou hast sayde.

Genesis 18:6
And Abraham went apace into the tent vnto Sara, & sayde: Make redy at once three peckes of fine meale, kneade [it] and make cakes vpon the hearth.

Genesis 18:7
And Abraham runnyng vnto his beastes, fet a calfe tender and good, and gaue it vnto a young man, and he hasted to make it redy at once.

Genesis 18:25
That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght?

Genesis 20:4
But Abimelech had not yet touched her: and he sayde, Lorde wylt thou slay ryghteous people?

2 Samuel 24:17
And Dauid spake vnto the Lorde, when he saw the angell that smote the people, and saide: Lo, it is I that haue sinned, and that haue done wickedlie: But these sheepe, what haue they done? Let thyne hand I pray thee be against me, and against my fathers house.

Job 8:3
Doth God paruert the thing that is lawfull? or doth the almightie destroy the thing that is right?

Job 34:17
May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly?

Psalms 73:28
But it is good for me to come neare vnto God: [wherfore] I put my trust in thee O Lorde God, that I may declare all thy workes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If thou shall do this thing,.... Hearken to the advice given, and put it in execution, by choosing out of the people, and placing over them, judges qualified, as directed: and God command thee so; for he did not desire him to follow his advice any further than it appeared to be according to the will of God, which he doubted not he would inquire about; and if he found it was agreeable to it, and should pursue it:

then thou shall be able to endure; to continue in his office and post, and hold on for years to come, God granting him life and health; whereas otherwise, in all human probability, he must waste and wear away apace:

and all this people shall also go to their place in peace; having had their cases heard and tried, and their differences adjusted to satisfaction; and quick dispatch being made, they would return to their tents or places of abode in much peace of mind, and sit down contented with the determination made, and pleased that the lawsuit was not protracted to any unreasonable length of time. Jarchi interprets all this people, of Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and the seventy elders that came with him, as if they by this means would be eased, and so pleased with it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To their place - i. e. to Canaan, which is thus recognized by Jethro as the appointed and true home of Israel. Compare Numbers 10:29-30.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 18:23. If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee — Though the measure was obviously of the utmost importance, and plainly recommended itself by its expediency and necessity; yet Jethro very modestly leaves it to the wisdom of Moses to choose or reject it; and, knowing that in all things his relative was now acting under the immediate direction of God, intimates that no measure can be safely adopted without a positive injunction from God himself. As the counsel was doubtless inspired by the Divine Spirit, we find that it was sanctioned by the same, for Moses acted in every respect according to the advice he had received.