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Exodus 18:15
“Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.”
Verse in context — Exodus 18
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It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.
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When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?
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Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
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When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
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Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.
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God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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