Exodus 18 · Verse 15

Exodus 18:15

And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
Exodus 18:15, King James Version

Exodus 18:15 in other translations

BSB“Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.
WEBMoses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
ASVAnd Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:
YLTAnd Moses saith to his father-in-law, ‘Because the people come unto me to seek God;
DARBYAnd Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to enquire of God.
BBEAnd Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God:
WebsterAnd Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God:

What does Exodus 18:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 18:13-26

13-26. on the morrow ... Moses sat to judge the people, &c.--We are here presented with a specimen of his daily morning occupations; and among the multifarious duties his divine legation imposed, it must be considered only a small portion of his official employments. He appears in this attitude as a type of Christ in His legislative and judicial characters. the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 The people come unto me to inquire of God - To know the mind and will of God on the subject of their inquiries. Moses was the mediator between God and the people; and as they believed that all justice and judgment must come from him, therefore they came to Moses to know what God had spoken.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 18:13-27

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 lawgiver and a judge among them. If the people were as quarrelsome one with another as they were with God, no doubt Moses had many causes brought before him. This business Moses was called to; it appears that he did it with great…

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Exodus 18:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
לְחֹתְנ֑וֹle.cho.te.Noto father-in-law hisH2859
כִּֽי\־ki-thatrH3588
יָבֹ֥אya.Vo'it comesH935
אֵלַ֛י'e.Laito meH413
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
לִדְרֹ֥שׁlid.Roshto consultH1875
אֱלֹהִֽים\׃'E.lo.HimGodH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 18:15

  • Numbers 15:34

    And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

  • Numbers 27:5

    And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.

  • Leviticus 24:12-14

    And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

  • Numbers 9:6

    And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

  • Exodus 18:19-20

    Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: 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.

  • Deuteronomy 17:8-13

    If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose; And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee: According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. …

  • Numbers 9:8

    And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
to enquire.
19,20; Le 24:12-14; Nu 15:34; 27:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 18:14

    And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

  • Exodus 18:15

    And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

  • Exodus 18:16

    When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

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Exodus 18:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Moisés respondió á su suegro: Porque el pueblo viene á mí para consultar á Dios:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Moïse dit à son beau-père: C’est que le peuple vient à moi pour consulter Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Mose sprach zu seinem Schwiegervater: Weil das Volk zu mir kommt, um Gott zu befragen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cui respondit Moyses: Venit ad me populus quærens sententiam Dei: