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19Hearken 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 18:19

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

  • And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

  • And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

  • (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

  • And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

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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