Exodus 18:15
To enquire of God - The decisions of Moses were doubtless accepted by the people as oracles. The internal prompting of the Spirit was a sufficient guidance for him, and a sufficient authority for the people.
13 And so it was, on the next day, that Moses asat to judge the people; and the people stood before Moses from morning until evening.
14 So when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone1 sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?”
15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because athe people come to me to inquire of God.
16 When they have aa difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.”
17 So Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Exodus 18:15:
1 Samuel 7:6
1 Chronicles 2:55
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