Matthew Poole Commentary - Exodus 18:5 - 18:5

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Exodus 18:5 - 18:5


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Jethro came, not at this time, but after the delivery of the law at Mount Sinai; as it may appear,



1. Because he finds them encamped, as it here follows, at the mount of God, i.e. Sinai, whither they came not till Exo_19:2.



2. Because the laws of sacrifices were given before his coming, as appears from Exo_18:12.



3. Because the execution of this counsel here given about the choice of magistrates, Exo_18:19, is related after the Israelites’ departure from Sinai, Deu_1:7, &c. And therefore here is a transposal in this history, which is also frequent in other places of Holy Scripture.