Exodus 18:22

New International Version

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

Cross References

Ezra 7:25

And you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your God, which you possess, appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people of Trans-Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach any who do not know them.

Exodus 18:18

You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.

Exodus 18:23

If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”

Exodus 18:26

They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.

Leviticus 24:11

The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.)

Numbers 11:17

I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the power of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will share the burden of the people with you so that you will not have to carry it alone.

Numbers 15:33

Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly,

Numbers 27:2

and stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders and the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said,

Numbers 36:1

The family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and the leaders, the heads of the Israelite families.

Romans 13:6

This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.