16When 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.
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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.
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
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.
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
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.
Commentary
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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