Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Exodus 18:13 Explained in Context
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Verse 13. 13And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
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Quick Meaning
The wording “And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from…” at 18:13 supplies evidence for the unit's movement and its effect on the people named there.
Read It With
- Exodus 18:13–27
Read Exodus 18:13 with 18:13–27. The wording “And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from…” at 18:13 supplies evidence for the unit's movement and its effect on the people named there. The whole unit shows: Moses' solitary judging exhausts leader and people; Jethro proposes taught standards, qualified judges, layered cases, and a shared load that Moses accepts.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Jethro Counsels Shared Judgment belongs here because Moses' solitary judging exhausts leader and people; Jethro proposes taught standards, qualified judges, layered cases, and a shared load that Moses accepts. The placement moves Exodus from oppression and rescue toward covenant, rupture, repaired presence, and the completed dwelling. At 18:13, the wording “And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from…” makes this verse's contribution precise. The wording “And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from…” at 18:13 supplies evidence for the unit's movement and its effect on the people named there.
What Remains True
Because Exodus 18:13 contributes “And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from…” to “Jethro Counsels Shared Judgment,” its proportionate enduring truth is: Concrete cases train a community to connect actions with responsibility, restitution, evidence, power, and the lives affected by judgment.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Exodus 18:13, the line “And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from…” serves this contextual meaning: Moses' solitary judging exhausts leader and people; Jethro proposes taught standards, qualified judges, layered cases, and a shared load that Moses accepts. The bounded action is: Translate the case into its protected interest and power imbalance, then use transparent evidence, proportionate remedies, and safeguards stronger than the ancient social order provided.
Continue in Context
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Read Exodus 18:13–27 — Jethro Counsels Shared JudgmentSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Exodus 18:13–27, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Exodus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech, law, ritual vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Exod.xml, words and morphology for 18:13–27
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Exodus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2026-08-12
Supports: Unit-bounded Hebrew, syntax, lexical, textual, name, measure, legal, ritual, and older-English notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Exodus PDF, complete 127-page PDF, translation and verse-attached translator notes for 18:13–27
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