Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 18:19

19 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 mayst bring the causes unto God:

(i. e.) I doubt not, God will assist and bless thee as well in the course which I propose to thee, as in that which thou now dost use, because God is a God of order and loves order, and he is a God of mercy, and would not have thee destroy thy self in his work. Or it may be taken for a prayer, and God be with thee, i. [illegible: 1+ letters]. bless and assist thee therein.

Heb. before God, i. [illegible: 1+ letters]. in hard and weighty causes which the inferiour Judges cannot determine, as it is explained, ver. 22. where they need and seek direction from God, there thou shalt be as a mediatour between God and them, to bring their matters to God, as it here follows, and to receive directions and commands from him▪ See Numb. 15. 33▪ 34. and 27. 5, 6.