Exodus 18:22
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Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEgypt was the land of Israel’s former bondage, from which the Lord had delivered them; Midian, east of the Gulf of Aqaba, was where Moses had lived in exile and where Jethro came from. In this setting, Jethro’s counsel helped order Israel’s new wilderness community under God’s law.
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Exodus 18:22 mentions Egypt and Midian.
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