Exodus 18:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.

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  • Exod 18:22 : 22 And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.
  • Deut 17:8 : 8 If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;
  • 1 Kgs 3:16-28 : 16 Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king; 17 And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to a child by her side in the house. 18 And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only. 19 In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death. 20 And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms. 21 And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son. 22 And the other woman said, No; but the living child is my son and the dead one yours. But the first said, No; the dead child is your son and the living one mine. So they kept on talking before the king. 23 Then the king said, One says, The living child is my son, and yours is the dead: and the other says, Not so; but your son is the dead one and mine is the living. 24 Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other. 26 Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the child; do not on any account put it to death. But the other woman said, It will not be mine or yours; let it be cut in two. 27 Then the king made answer and said, Give her the child, and do not put it to death; she is the mother of it. 28 And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
  • 1 Kgs 10:1 : 1 Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.
  • Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
  • Exod 18:14-15 : 14 And when Moses' father-in-law saw all he was doing, he said, What is this you are doing for the people? why are you seated here by yourself, with all the people waiting before you from morning till evening? 15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God:

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  • Exod 18:13-25
    13 verses
    85%

    13 Now on the day after, Moses took his seat to give decisions for the people: and the people were waiting before Moses from morning till evening.

    14 And when Moses' father-in-law saw all he was doing, he said, What is this you are doing for the people? why are you seated here by yourself, with all the people waiting before you from morning till evening?

    15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God:

    16 And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.

    17 And Moses' father-in-law said to him, What you are doing is not good.

    18 Your strength and that of the people will be completely used up: this work is more than you are able to do by yourself.

    19 Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:

    20 Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do.

    21 But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;

    22 And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.

    23 If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace.

    24 So Moses took note of the words of his father-in-law, and did as he had said.

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

  • Deut 16:18
    73%

    18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

  • Deut 1:13-18
    6 verses
    72%

    13 Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

    14 And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.

    15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

    16 And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

    17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

    18 And at that time I gave you all the orders which you were to do.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    69%

    6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

  • Deut 17:8-10
    3 verses
    69%

    8 If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;

    9 And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:

    10 And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:

  • Exod 18:27
    69%

    27 And Moses let his father-in-law go away, and he went back to his land.

  • Num 27:5
    69%

    5 So Moses put their cause before the Lord.

  • Deut 25:1
    69%

    1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • Exod 21:1
    69%

    1 Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.

  • Judg 2:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18 And whenever the Lord gave them judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and was their saviour from the hands of their haters all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved by their cries of grief because of those who were cruel to them.

    19 But whenever the judge was dead, they went back and did more evil than their fathers, going after other gods, to be their servants and their worshippers; giving up nothing of their sins and their hard-hearted ways.

  • 2 Chr 19:8
    68%

    8 Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.

  • Exod 24:3
    67%

    3 Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.

  • Exod 18:8
    67%

    8 And Moses gave his father-in-law an account of all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians because of Israel, and of all the troubles which had come on them by the way, and how the Lord had given them salvation.

  • Judg 2:16
    67%

    16 Then the Lord gave them judges, as their saviours from the hands of those who were cruel to them.

  • Num 25:5
    67%

    5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel, Let everyone put to death those of his men who have had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor.

  • Exod 19:7
    67%

    7 And Moses came and sent for the chiefs of the people and put before them all these words which the Lord had given him orders to say.

  • Num 30:1
    66%

    1 So Moses gave the children of Israel all these directions as the Lord had given him orders.

  • Deut 19:17
    66%

    17 Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

  • Exod 24:14
    66%

    14 And he said to the chiefs, Keep your places here till we come back to you: Aaron and Hur are with you; if anyone has any cause let him go to them.

  • 1 Cor 6:4
    66%

    4 If then there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church?

  • Exod 18:1
    66%

    1 Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.

  • Num 32:28
    66%

    28 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel.

  • Acts 13:18
    66%

    18 And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.

  • Num 31:48
    66%

    48 Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,

  • Lev 26:46
    65%

    46 These are the rules, decisions, and laws, which the Lord made between himself and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.

  • 1 Sam 7:16
    65%

    16 From year to year he went in turn to Beth-el and Gilgal and Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.

  • Num 11:16
    65%

    16 And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you.

  • Ezek 44:24
    65%

    24 In any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.

  • 1 Cor 6:2
    65%

    2 Is it not certain that the saints will be the judges of the world? if then the world will be judged by you, are you unable to give a decision about the smallest things?