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Exodus 18:24

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

KJV

Quibus auditis, Moyses fecit omnia quæ ille suggesserat.

Vulgate

ἤκουσεν δὲ Μωυσῆς τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ γαμβροῦ, καὶ ἐποίησεν ὅσα αὐτῷ εἶπεν.

LXX

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֥ע מֹשֶׁ֖ה לְ/ק֣וֹל חֹתְנ֑/וֹ וַ/יַּ֕עַשׂ כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמָֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
וֹ
v
verb · 33×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. See how immediately, from the very beginning, he casts down their pride, and dashes to the ground all their fond imagination, in that he speaks of himself as called. For what I have learned, says he, I discovered not myself, nor acquired by my own wisdom, but while I was persecuting and laying waste the Church I was called. Now here of Him that calls is everything: of him th…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 12:21 — And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
  • Exod 18:2 — Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
  • Exod 18:19 — Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
  • Exod 18:19 — Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
  • Ezra 10:2 — And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hop
  • Ezra 10:5 — Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
  • Prov 1:5 — A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: