Exodus 18:20

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¹⁸ Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

¹⁹ Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

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.

²¹ Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

²² 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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.

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Cross references

Deuteronomy 5:1
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
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Psalms 143:8
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
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Deuteronomy 1:18
And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
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Deuteronomy 4:1
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
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Deuteronomy 4:5
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
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Psalms 32:8
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
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Exodus 18:16
When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
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Jeremiah 42:3
That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
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