15And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
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And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
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 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:
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-27)Here is, I. The great zeal and industry of Moses as a magistrate. 1. Having been employed to redeem Israel out of the house of bondage, herein he is a further type of Christ, that he is employed as a lawgiver and a judge among them. (1.) He was to answer enquiries, to acquaint them with the will of God in doubtful cases, and to explain the laws of God that were already given them, concerning the s…
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