To inquire of God - The decisions of Moses were doubtless accepted by the people as oracles. The internal prompting of the Spirit was a suf…

Moses assigns two reasons for his conduct.

And Moses said to his father-in-law. Moses replies sincerely, as if on a very praiseworthy matter, like one unconscious of any fault; for …

And Moses said to his father in law
In answer to his question; and there were two things, as Aben Ezra observes, he …

Here is the great zeal and the toil of Moses as a magistrate. Having been employed to redeem Israel out of the house of bondage, he is a further ty…