New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 18:19-22

19Now listen to 1me: I will give you counsel, and God be with you. 2You be the people’s representative before God, and you 3bring the 4disputes to God,

20 5then teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them 6the way in which they are to walk and the work they are to do.

21Furthermore, you shall 7select out of all the people 8able men 9who fear God, men of truth, those who 10hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, 11of hundreds, 12of fifties and 13of tens.

22Let them judge the people at all times; and let it be 14that every major 15dispute they will bring to you, but every minor 16dispute they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and 17they will bear the burden with you.

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Notes

1. Exodus 18:19 Lit my voice ↩
2. Exodus 18:19 Lit You be for the people in front of God ↩
3. Exodus 18:19 Num 27:5 ↩
4. Exodus 18:19 Lit matters ↩
5. Exodus 18:20 Deut 1:18; 4:1, 5; 5:1 ↩
6. Exodus 18:20 Ps 143:8 ↩
7. Exodus 18:21 Lit see ↩
8. Exodus 18:21 Ex 18:25; Deut 1:13, 15; 2 Chr 19:5-10; Ps 15:1-5; Acts 6:3 ↩
9. Exodus 18:21 Gen 42:18; 2 Sam 23:3 ↩
10. Exodus 18:21 Deut 16:19 ↩
11. Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of ↩
12. Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of ↩
13. Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of ↩
14. Exodus 18:22 Deut 1:17, 18 ↩
15. Exodus 18:22 Lit matter ↩
16. Exodus 18:22 Lit matter ↩
17. Exodus 18:22 Num 11:17 ↩

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Commentaries on Exodus 18