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Selected Verse: Exodus 18:23 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ex 18:23 |
Strong Concordance |
If thou shalt do [06213] this thing [01697], and God [0430] command [06680] thee so, then thou shalt be able [03201] to endure [05975], and all this people [05971] shall also go [0935] to their place [04725] in peace [07965]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
If thou shalt do this thing, &c.--Jethro's counsel was given merely in the form of a suggestion; it was not to be adopted without the express sanction and approval of a better and higher Counsellor; and although we are not informed of it, there can be no doubt that Moses, before appointing subordinate magistrates, would ask the mind of God, as it is the duty and privilege of every Christian in like manner to supplicate the divine direction in all his ways. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
To their place - i. e. to Canaan, which is thus recognized by Jethro as the appointed and true home of Israel. Compare Num 10:29-30. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee - Though the measure was obviously of the utmost importance, and plainly recommended itself by its expediency and necessity; yet Jethro very modestly leaves it to the wisdom of Moses to choose or reject it; and, knowing that in all things his relative was now acting under the immediate direction of God, intimates that no measure can be safely adopted without a positive injunction from God himself. As the counsel was doubtless inspired by the Divine Spirit, we find that it was sanctioned by the same, for Moses acted in every respect according to the advice he had received. |
29 And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto Hobab [02246], the son [01121] of Raguel [07467] the Midianite [04084], Moses [04872]' father in law [02859], We are journeying [05265] unto the place [04725] of which the LORD [03068] said [0559], I will give [05414] it you: come [03212] thou with us, and we will do thee good [02895]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] good [02896] concerning Israel [03478].
30 And he said [0559] unto him, I will not go [03212]; but I will depart [03212] to mine own land [0776], and to my kindred [04138].