Exod.18.22

Exodus 18:22

KJV

And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

Jethro Advises Moses

Jethro Counsels Moses

Cross References

Exodus 18:23

KJV

If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

Jethro Advises Moses

Jethro Counsels Moses

Exodus 18:26

KJV

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

Jethro Advises Moses

Jethro Counsels Moses

Numbers 11:17

KJVGODHoly Spirit

And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put It upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear It not thyself alone.

Seventy Elders Anointed

Deuteronomy 1:17

KJV

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

Moses Appoints Leaders

Israel’s History after the Exodus

Deuteronomy 1:18

KJV

And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.