Add parallel Print Page Options

26 They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring[a] to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 18:26 tn This verb and the verb in the next clause are imperfect tenses. In the past tense narrative of the verse they must be customary, describing continuous action in past time.

26 They served as judges(A) for the people at all times. The difficult cases(B) they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.(C)

Read full chapter