EXODUS 18:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.”
Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way to live and how they behave. Teaching is Moses' second irreplaceable function. Not only intercession but instruction — teaching the community what God requires and how to live. The phrase show them the way to live and how to behave describes comprehensive formation: not only legal decisions but a formed way of life. Deuteronomy 4:5 records Moses saying he taught decrees and laws as the Lord commanded, so the people may follow them. The teaching ministry Jethro identifies as Moses' core function becomes the defining project of Deuteronomy. The teacher who shapes how an entire people understands what God requires is doing work no administrator can substitute for.
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