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Exodus 18:20

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18 Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.

19 Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.

Teach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live and the work they must do.

21 Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

22 Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.

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BSB
Teach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live and the work they must do.
KJV
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
WEB
You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.
ASV
and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
DARBY
and teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.
BLB
And you shall warn them of the statutes and of the laws and you shall make known to them the way in which they shall walk, and the work that they shall do.
ÅB
forklar dem budene og lovene, og lær dem den vei de skal vandre, og den gjerning de skal gjøre.
OTB
Lær dem Hans forskrifter og instrukser, og vis dem veien de skal gå og arbeidet de skal gjøre.
B1930
forklar dem budene og lovene, og lær dem den vei de skal vandre, og den gjerning de skal gjøre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Deuteronomy 5:1

    Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.

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  • Psalms 143:8

    Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:18

    And at that time I commanded you all the things you were to do.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:1

    Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:5

    See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

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  • Psalms 32:8

    I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

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  • Exodus 18:16

    “Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”

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  • Jeremiah 42:3

    Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”

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