Exodus 18:14

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When Moses’ father-in-law saw everything Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “Why are you doing this for the people? Why do you sit here alone, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:2

Absalom used to get up early and stand by the road leading to the city gate. When anyone had a case to be tried by King David, Absalom would ask, “Which city are you from?” After the person had told him which tribe in Israel he was from,

Exodus 18:13

The next day Moses was settling disagreements among the people. The people stood around Moses from morning until evening.

Exodus 18:15

Moses answered his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to find out God’s will.

Exodus 18:26

These men were the ones who usually settled disagreements among the people. They would bring difficult cases to Moses, but they settled all minor ones themselves.

Numbers 15:34

They kept him in custody until they decided what to do with him.

Judges 1:16

The descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went with the people of Judah from the City of Palms into the desert of Judah. There they lived with the people of Judah in the Negev near Arad.