Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
19. I will give thee counsel. Jethro dares, indeed, to promise success, if Moses will obey his counsel; yet does he not proudly boast that this will be the fruit of his own prudence, but ascribes it to God’s blessing and grace, if he prospers even when nothing is established but on the best system.
Moses was both lawgiver and judge, a type of Christ Himself. He sat composed and weighed each case, explaining God's statutes faithfully to people who came seeking His mind on hard matters. Happy were they to have such a certain oracle; we often wish for the same.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 18:13-27
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws,.... Both with respect to things civil and religious, which he should receive from God: and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk; the path of faith and duty, the way of truth, holiness, and righteousness: and the work that they must do; both with respect to God, and one another, the various duties and exercises...