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Exodus 18:19

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Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to God-ward, and bring thou the causes unto God:

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Exodus 18:19 in other translations

Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.

Exodus 18:19 · World English Bible

Exodus 18:19 in context

  1. 17And Moses’ father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
  2. 18Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
  3. 19Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to God-ward, and bring thou the causes unto God:
  4. 20and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
  5. 21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: