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.
Exodus 18:16 in other translations
| BSB | “Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.” |
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| WEB | When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.” |
| ASV | when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. |
| YLT | when they have a matter, it hath come unto me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbour, and made known the statutes of God, and His laws.' |
| DARBY | When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known to them the statutes of God, and his laws. |
| BBE | And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God. |
| Webster | When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. |
What does Exodus 18:16 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Exodus 18:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 18:16
- Exodus 24:14
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
- Deuteronomy 5:1
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
- Deuteronomy 4:5
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
- 2 Samuel 15:3
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
- 1 Corinthians 6:1
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
- Numbers 15:35
And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
- Exodus 2:13
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
- Acts 18:14-15
And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
- Numbers 27:6-11
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. …
- Deuteronomy 6:1
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
- Deuteronomy 17:8-12
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. …
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
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Context
- 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.
- Exodus 18:17
And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
Exodus 18:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando tienen negocios, vienen á mí; y yo juzgo entre el uno y el otro, y declaro las ordenanzas de Dios y sus leyes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand ils ont quelque affaire, on vient à moi, et je juge entre l’un et l’autre, et je leur fais connaître les statuts de Dieu et ses lois. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn sie eine Sache haben, so kommt es zu mir, und ich richte zwischen dem einen und dem anderen und tue ihnen die Satzungen Gottes und seine Gesetze kund. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | cumque acciderit eis aliqua disceptatio, veniunt ad me ut judicem inter eos, et ostendam præcepta Dei, et leges ejus. |