Exodus 18:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And the next day Moses sat to judge the people, who stood by Moses from morning until night.
Douay-Rheims

וַיְהִי֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב מֹשֶׁ֖ה לִשְׁפֹּ֣ט אֶת־הָעָ֑ם וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד הָעָם֙ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה מִן־הַבֹּ֖קֶר עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Wlastow G.K.

19th centuryCommentator

This situation is believed to be unique, yet it necessitated the assembly of Jethro. The lengthy trial from dawn until dusk is thought to have arisen from the distribution of the plunder taken from the Amalekites and the first significant pause after departing from Elim.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Joel 3:12Let them arise, and let the nations come up into the valley of Josaphat: for there I will sit to judge all nations round about.
Job 29:7When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?
Rom 13:6For therefore also you pay tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving unto this purpose.
Judg 5:10Speak, you that ride upon fair asses, and you that sit in judgment, and walk in the way.
Isa 16:5And a throne shall be prepared in mercy, and one shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment and quickly rendering that which is just.
Matt 23:2Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.
Rom 12:8He that exhorteth, in exhorting; he that giveth, with simplicity; he that ruleth, with carefulness; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.