24So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
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And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
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:
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
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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