22 And let them judge the people at all times. (A)Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. So it will be easier for you, for (B)they will bear the burden with you.

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22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case(A) to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share(B) it with you.

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26 So they judged the people at all times; the (A)hard[a] cases they brought to Moses, but they judged every small case themselves.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 18:26 difficult matters

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)

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