Éxodo 18:16, Éxodo 18:20, Éxodo 18:21 NTV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 18:16-17

Exodus 18:16-17. I judge between one another And if the people were as quarrelsome one with another as they were with God, he had many causes brought before him, and the more because their trials put them to no expense. Not good Not convenient either for thee or them. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 18:1-27

Organizing the administration (18:1-27)As the Israelites approached Sinai, Moses’ wife and children joined him. (He had apparently sent them back to Midian for safety during the time of his conflict with Pharaoh.) With them came Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, now a believer in the God of Israel (18:1-12).Moses had a heavy responsibility in leading the people and dealing with their troubles, and Jethro soon saw that it was wearing him out. Up till then, the people brought all their disputes to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 18:16

statutes of God . Those before Sinai. See App-15 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 18:13-16

"And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto the evening. 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 about thee from morning unto even? And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God: When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 18:16

Exodus 18:16. When they have a matter, [דבר dabar, any subject of business or litigation] I judge between man and man; and, being in the place of God, and instructed by him, inform them of the statutes and laws by which he would have them governed. From hence it does not follow that the law was or was not given, since Moses had constant access to, and received answers from the Divine Oracle in doubtful cases; see Numbers 33:35; Numbers 25:4; Num 25:18 and in ordinary cases, no doubt, he was... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 18:13-23

Moses experienced a crisis of overwork (cf. Acts 6:1-7). Previously he had had to cope with a lack of food and a lack of water. This section explains how he overcame the present crisis. It also explains the beginning of Israel’s legal system. Here we see how the requirements and instructions of the Mosaic Covenant became accessible to the ordinary Israelite and applicable to the problems that arose as the Israelites oriented their lives to that code. [Note: Ibid., p. 248.] Clearly Israel... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 18:1-27

The Visit of Jethro1. On the name Jethro, see Exodus 2:16, and on Midian, Exodus 2:15. 2. Sent her back] see on Exodus 4:26. 3, 4. See on Exodus 2:22. 5. The mount of God] Horeb or Sinai: see on Exodus 3:1.11. See on Exodus 15:11. The second half of the v. is obscure. RV reads, ’yea, in the thing wherein they (the Egyptians) dealt proudly against them (the Israelites).’ 12. The burnt offering was wholly consumed upon the altar, and signified the complete devotion of the offerer to God: see... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 18:15-16

(15, 16) Moses assigns two reasons for his conduct. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 18:1-27

Exodus 18:11 You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong. 'No man ever had a point of pride that was not injurious to him,' said Burke.... Treat men as pawns and ninepins, and you shall suffer as well as they. Emerson on Compensation. Exodus 18:18 'Manning,' says Mr. Purcell in his Life of the great Cardinal (ii. p. 505), 'never understood early or late the wisdom of cooperation; never valued the virtue of competition. His idea was the concentration of authority; one mind to conceive, one... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 18:1-27

CHAPTER XVIII.JETHRO.Exodus 18:1-27.The defeat of Amalek is followed by the visit of Jethro; the opposite pole of the relation between Israel and the nations, the coming of the Gentiles to his brightness. And already that is true which repeats itself all through the history of the Church, that much secular wisdom, the art of organisation, the structure and discipline of societies, may be drawn from the experience and wisdom of the world.Moses was under the special guidance of God, as really as... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 18:16-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 18:1-27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 18:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 18:13-16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 18:16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 18:13-23

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 18:1-27

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 18:15-16

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 18:1-27

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 18:1-27

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