When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 18:14 in context
Exodus 18:11–17
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Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”
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Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.
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On the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.
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When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?”
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Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
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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.”
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Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.
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