Keluaran 18:24

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Musa mendengarkan perkataan mertuanya itu dan dilakukannyalah segala yang dikatakannya.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Musa mendengarkan perkataan mertuanya itu dan dilakukannyalah segala yang dikatakannya.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka diturutlah Musa akan kata mentuanya, serta dibuatnya segala perkara yang telah dipesannya.

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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Exodus 18:2-5, Exodus 18:19, Ezra 10:2, Ezra 10:5, Proverbs 1:5, 1 Corinthians 12:21

Cross-References

Genesis 18:13
And God said vnto Abraham: wherfore dyd Sara laugh, saying, shall I of a suertie beare a chylde, which am olde?

Genesis 18:14
Is any thing vnpossible to God? Accordyng to the tyme appoynted wyll I returne vnto thee [euen] according to the time of life: & Sara [shall] haue a sonne.

Genesis 18:32
And he sayde: O let not my Lorde be angry, and I wyll speake yet but this once: What if ten shalbe found there? He aunswered, I wil not destroy [them] for tennes sake.

Isaiah 1:9
Except the Lorde of hoastes had left vs a small remnaunt, we shoulde haue ben as Sodoma, & lyke vnto Gomorra.

Jeremiah 5:1
Loke through Hierusalem, beholde and see, seeke through her streetes also within, yf ye can fynde one man that doth equall and ryght, or seketh for the trueth, and I shall spare that citie, saith the Lorde.

Acts 27:24
Saying: Feare not Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God hath geuen thee all them that sayle with thee.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law,.... Considered what he said, weighed it well in his mind, and judged it good advice, and determined to follow it:

and did all that he had said; by choosing such men as he directed to, and committing the judgment of the people to them, as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hearkened - Nothing can be more characteristic of Moses, who combines on all occasions distrust of himself and singular openness to impressions, with the wisdom and sound judgment which chooses the best course when pointed out.