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Exodus 18:14

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Why sittest thou thyself alone etc. A perverse ingenuity has discovered that the emphatic words in this passage are "sittest" and "stand," Jethro having blamed Moses for humiliating the people by requiring them to stand up while he himself sat!

But the context makes it abundantly clear that what Jethro really blames, is Moses sitting alone and judging the whole people single-handed.

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