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Moses` father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.
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A Practical, Not Moral, Critique
Jethro's statement, "The thing that thou doest is not good," was not a moral judgment. Commentators like John Gill clarify that the work of judging was righteous, but the method was impractical. It was "not good" for Moses's health and was inefficient for the people. Jethro was offering practical wisdom, not a spiritual rebuke.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
The thing that thou doest is not good.—Weighty as the arguments were, they failed to convince Jethro. He brought forward …
16th Century
Protestant
And Moses’ father-in-law said. He does not absolutely condemn the whole system which Moses had previously adopted, in the manner of morose…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Moses's father in law said to him Having observed what he did, and heard his answer to the question he put to hi…
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Presbyterian
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…
