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Exodus 18

Ex. 18:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto his father in law
chathan (Hebrew #2859)
to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
KJV usage: join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
Pronounce: khaw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
, Because the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
untoc me to inquire
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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Num. 15:34• 34And they put him in custody, for it was not declared what should be done to him. (Num. 15:34)
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Num. 27:5• 5And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah. (Num. 27:5)
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Deut. 17:8‑9• 8If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, matters of controversy within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and go up to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose.
 9And thou shalt come unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall declare unto thee the sentence of judgment; (Deut. 17:8‑9)

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Cross References

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to enquire.
Ex. 18:19‑20• 19Hearken now to my voice: I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee. Be thou for the people with God, and bring the matters before God;
 20and teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. (Ex. 18:19‑20)
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Lev. 24:12‑14• 12And they confined him, that they might decide at the mouth of Jehovah.
 13And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
 14Lead the reviler outside the camp; and all that heard him shall lay their hands upon his head, and the whole assembly shall stone him. (Lev. 24:12‑14)
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Num. 15:34• 34And they put him in custody, for it was not declared what should be done to him. (Num. 15:34)
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Num. 27:5• 5And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah. (Num. 27:5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to enquire of God.