Exodus 18:20 Parallel Translations

You must instruct them in the laws and the teachings, show them how to live, and tell them what to do.(GOD'S WORD®)

And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

ASV:

and 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.

BBE:

Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do.

DBY:

and teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

ERV:

and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

JPS:

And 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.

WBS:

And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

WEB:

You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

YLT:

and thou hast warned them concerning the statutes and the laws, and hast made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do.

Exodus 18:20 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 1:18 "I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.

Deuteronomy 4:1 "Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 4:5 "See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it.

Deuteronomy 5:1 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: "Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I am speaking today in your hearing, that you may learn them and observe them carefully.

Psalm 143:8 Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

18:13-27 Here is the great zeal and the toil of Moses as a magistrate. Having been employed to redeem Israel out of the house of bondage, he is a further type of Christ, that he is employed as a lawgiver and a judge among them. If the people were as quarrelsome one with another as they were with God, no doubt Moses had many causes brought before him. This business Moses was called to; it appears that he did it with great care and kindness. The meanest Israelite was welcome to bring his cause before him. Moses kept to his business from morning to night. Jethro thought it was too much for him to undertake alone; also it would make the administration of justice tiresome to the people. There may be over-doing even in well-doing. Wisdom is profitable to direct, that we may neither content ourselves with less than our duty, nor task ourselves beyond our strength. Jethro advised Moses to a better plan. Great men should not only study to be useful themselves, but contrive to make others useful. Care must be taken in the choice of the persons admitted into such a trust. They should be men of good sense, that understood business, and that would not be daunted by frowns or clamours, but abhorred the thought of a bribe. Men of piety and religion; such as fear God, who dare not to do a base thing, though they could do it secretly and securely. The fear of God will best fortify a man against temptations to injustice. Moses did not despise this advice. Those are not wise, who think themselves too wise to be counselled.

CONC:

Clear Decisions Decrees Duties Guiding Hast Laws Making Ordinances Perform Rules Statutes Teach Teaching Walk Warned Wherein

Clear Decisions Decrees Duties Guiding Laws Making Ordinances Perform Rules Show Statutes Teach Teaching Walk Warned Way Wherein Work

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