Exodus 18:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jethro saw how much Moses had to do for the people, and he asked, “Why are you the only judge? Why do you let these people crowd around you from morning till evening?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:2

He would get up early each morning and wait by the side of the road that led to the city gate. Anyone who had a complaint to bring to King David would have to go that way, and Absalom would ask each of them, “Where are you from?” If they said, “I'm from a tribe in the north,”

Exodus 18:13

The next morning Moses sat down at the place where he decided legal cases for the people, and everyone crowded around him until evening.

Exodus 18:15

Moses answered, “Because they come here to find out what God wants them to do.

Exodus 18:26

They served as judges, deciding the easy cases themselves, but bringing the more difficult ones to Moses.

Numbers 15:34

But no one knew what to do with him, so he was not allowed to leave.

Judges 1:16

The people who belonged to the Kenite clan were the descendants of the father-in-law of Moses. They left Jericho with the people of Judah and settled near Arad in the Southern Desert of Judah not far from the Amalekites.