{"id":313,"date":"2025-03-18T13:18:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T02:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?post_type=the_book_of_exodus&#038;p=313"},"modified":"2026-05-09T16:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:02:33","slug":"18","status":"publish","type":"the_book_of_exodus","link":"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?the_book_of_exodus=18","title":{"rendered":"18 \u25ba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus 18 - Jethro&#039;s advice created the Sanhedrin\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SLUtH4IjNgk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Exodus 18 &#8211; Jethro&#8217;s advice created the Sanhedrin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>Exodus 18<\/strong> Israel have camped at the base of mount Sinai. In the lands of their cousin nation the Midianites, in what is today, Western Saudi Arabia. Moses will be reunited with his wife &amp; 2 sons. But the reuniting that most impacts the children of Israel. Is Moses reuniting with his father-in-law &#8211; Jethro. Moses will be led by the worldly advice of Jethro, the priest of Midian. &amp; as a consequence of Moses following the carnal advice of Jethro. The God appointed leadership of Moses would be further diluted. &amp; Israel will move further away, from the counsel &amp; leading of God. The events are taking shape for the spiritual compromises of Israel soon to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">0:00 Introduction <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">0:57 Ex 18: 1 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">2:37 Ex 18: 2-6 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">4:28 Ex 18: 7-9 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">6:31 Ex 18: 10-12 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">9:20 Ex 18: 13-16 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">11:29 Ex 18: 17-20 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">13:53 Ex 18: 21-23 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">16:18 Ex 18: 24-27 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">18:18 Conclusion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-313","the_book_of_exodus","type-the_book_of_exodus","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>18 \u25ba - theBible.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?the_book_of_exodus=18\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"18 \u25ba - theBible.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Exodus 18 &#8211; Jethro&#8217;s advice created the Sanhedrin In Exodus 18 Israel have camped at the base of mount Sinai. 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