12And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.
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And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: …
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. …
And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-23)Evil manners, we say, beget good laws. We have here an account of the evil manners of a certain nameless mongrel Israelite, and the good laws occasioned thereby. I. The offender was the son of an Egyptian father and an Israelitish mother (Lev. 24:10); his mother was of the tribe of Dan, Lev. 24:11. Neither he nor his father is named, but his mother only, who was an Israelite. This notice is taken…
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