King James Version
Exodus 18:24 in the King James Version says “So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.”
Exodus 18:24 · KJV
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
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.
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“hearkened”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“of his father in law”
H2859to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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