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Exodus 18:14

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18:14 When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this 1  that you are doing for the people? 2  Why are you sitting by yourself, and all the people stand around you from morning until evening?”

Exodus 33:16

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33:16 For how will it be known then that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not by your going with us, so that we will be distinguished, I and your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?” 3 

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[18:14]  1 tn Heb “what is this thing.”

[18:14]  2 sn This question, “what are you doing for the people,” is qualified by the next question. Sitting alone all day and the people standing around all day showed that Moses was exhibiting too much care for the people – he could not do this.

[33:16]  3 sn See W. Brueggemann, “The Crisis and Promise of Presence in Israel,” HBT 1 (1979): 47-86; and N. M. Waldman, “God’s Ways – A Comparative Note,” JQR 70 (1979): 67-70.



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