Exodus 18:26

And they judged the people at all times; and every too burdensome matter they brought to Moses, but every light matter they judged themselves.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

In Context

25And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens over the people.

27And Moses dismissed his father-in-law, and he returned to his own land.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:14And Jethro having seen all that Moses did to the people, says, What is this that thou doest to the people? wherefore sittest thou alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning till evening?

Leviticus 24:11And the son of the Israelitish woman named THE NAME and cursed; and they brought him to Moses: and his mother’s name was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.

Deuteronomy 17:8And if a matter shall be too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, and between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, and between contradiction and contradiction, matters of judgment in your cities;

1 Kings 10:1And the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 18:14-27

Jethro's Advice to Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: 16 When they have a matter,… Read the whole commentary →

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