Quotes About Authority

And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.

“Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”

Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.

Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.

And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.

And God spoke all these words:

“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.

However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.

You must not allow a sorceress to live.

You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.

Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”

Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”

Put the turban on his head and attach the holy diadem to the turban.

On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.

But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.

Now Aaronís sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.

So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

So they came forward and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had directed.