Exodus 18:16-18
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
16 And when any controversy falleth out among them, they come to me to judge between them, and to shew the precepts of God, and his laws.
17 But he said: The thing thou dost is not good.
18 Thou are spent with foolish labour, both thou and this people that is with thee: the business is above thy strength, thou alone canst not bear it.
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Exodus 18:16-18
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16 Whenever they have a dispute,(A) it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”(B)
17 Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.(C)
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