Exodus 18:15

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Exodus 18:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.

14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”

15 “Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.

16 “Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”

17 But Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.

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Exodus 18:19

Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.

Exodus 18:20

Teach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live and the work they must do.

Leviticus 24:12

They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.

Leviticus 24:13

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Leviticus 24:14

“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.

Numbers 15:34

and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.

Numbers 27:5

So Moses brought their case before the LORD,