Exodus 18:24
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
Exodus 18:24 in other translations
| BSB | Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. |
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| WEB | So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. |
| ASV | So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. |
| YLT | And Moses hearkeneth to the voice of his father-in-law, and doth all that he said, |
| DARBY | And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. |
| BBE | So Moses took note of the words of his father-in-law, and did as he had said. |
| Webster | So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. |
What does Exodus 18:24 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…
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 18:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 18:24
- 1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
- Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
- Ezra 10:2
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
- Exodus 18:19
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:
- Exodus 18:2-5
Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
- Ezra 10:5
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
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Context
- Exodus 18:23
If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
- Exodus 18:24
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
- Exodus 18:25
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus 18:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y oyó Moisés la voz de su suegro, é hizo todo lo que dijo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Moïse écouta la voix de son beau-père, et fit tout ce qu’il avait dit. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Mose hörte auf die Stimme seines Schwiegervaters und tat alles, was er gesagt hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quibus auditis, Moyses fecit omnia quæ ille suggesserat. |