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Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing is not good.
You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.
Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to him.
Teach them the decrees and laws, and show them the way to live and the duties they are to perform.
Exodus Chapter 18: Verses 17 - 20
The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commands I have written for their instruction."
Exodus Chapter 24: Verse 12
and you must teach the Israelites all the decrees the LORD has given them through Moses."
Leviticus Chapter 10: Verse 11
See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it.
Deuteronomy Chapter 4: Verse 5
Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when he said to me, "Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children."
Deuteronomy Chapter 4: Verses 9 - 10
Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy Chapter 11: Verse 19
Then Moses commanded them: "At the end of every seven years, in the year for canceling debts, during the Feast of Tabernacles,
when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before them in their hearing.
Assemble the people,men, women and children, and the aliens living in your towns,so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and follow carefully all the words of this law.
Their children, who do not know this law, must hear it and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess." Israel's Rebellion Predicted
Deuteronomy Chapter 31: Verses 10 - 13
"Now write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against them.
Deuteronomy Chapter 31: Verse 19
For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law.
2 Chronicles Chapter 15: Verse 3
In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah to teach in the towns of Judah.
With them were certain Levites,Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tob-Adonijah,and the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD; they went around to all the towns of Judah and taught the people.
2 Chronicles Chapter 17: Verses 7 - 9
Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the LORD. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles Chapter 30: Verse 22
He said to the Levites, who instructed all Israel and who had been consecrated to the LORD : "Put the sacred ark in the temple that Solomon son of David king of Israel built. It is not to be carried about on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.
2 Chronicles Chapter 35: Verse 3
For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the LORD, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel. King Artaxerxes' Letter to Ezra
Ezra Chapter 7: Verse 10
Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, "This day is sacred to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep." For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
Nehemiah Chapter 8: Verse 9
Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalms Chapter 34: Verse 11
He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,
so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.
Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
They would not be like their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
Psalms Chapter 78: Verses 5 - 8
I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 99
let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance-
Proverbs Chapter 1: Verse 5
Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
Proverbs Chapter 9: Verse 9
Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring in some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility-
young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king's palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians.
Daniel Chapter 1: Verses 3 - 4
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
Matthew Chapter 4: Verse 23
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Matthew Chapter 28: Verses 19 - 20
"I have spoken openly to the world," Jesus replied. "I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
John Chapter 18: Verse 20
Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
Acts Chapter 7: Verse 22
But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas
Acts Chapter 15: Verse 35
But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
Acts Chapter 19: Verse 9
"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. Under Gamaliel I was thoroughly trained in the law of our fathers and was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
Acts Chapter 22: Verse 3
So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.
Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.Sons of God
Galatians Chapter 3: Verses 24 - 25
Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor.
Galatians Chapter 6: Verse 6
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Colossians Chapter 3: Verse 16
Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.
Titus Chapter 2: Verse 3
Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered
Hebrews Chapter 5: Verse 8
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