They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses. But they decided the easy ones themselves.

他们随时审判百姓，有难断的案件就呈到摩西那里，但各样小事他们自己审判。

他们随时审判百姓：难断的事就送到摩西那里，各样小事就由他们自行判决。

他们随时审判百姓：难断的事就送到摩西那里，各样小事就由他们自行判决。

他们负责随时审理百姓的事，遇到难断的案件就呈到摩西那里，自己则审理普通的事。

他们随时审判人民的案件；有困难的事件，他们就带到摩西那里；所有小事件，由他们自己审判。

他們隨時審判百姓，有難斷的案件就呈到摩西那裏，但各樣小事他們自己審判。

他們隨時審判百姓：難斷的事就送到摩西那裏，各樣小事就由他們自行判決。

他們隨時審判百姓：難斷的事就送到摩西那裏，各樣小事就由他們自行判決。

他們負責隨時審理百姓的事，遇到難斷的案件就呈到摩西那裡，自己則審理普通的事。

他們隨時審判人民的案件；有困難的事件，他們就帶到摩西那裡；所有小事件，由他們自己審判。

他們隨時審判人民；有困難的案件，就呈到摩西那裏；所有小案件、他們自己去判斷。

隨時鞫民、難事則以呈、細故則自鞫、

隨時鞫民、事鉅則往告、事細則自鞫。

彼即隨時鞫民、凡事之艱鉅者、陳於摩西前、事之小者、則自鞫之、

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

And they judged the people at all times. Any hard case they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.

These men were always available to solve the people’s common disputes. They brought the major cases to Moses, but they took care of the smaller matters themselves.

They judged the people at all times; they would bring the hard cases to Moses, but they would judge every minor case themselves.

Then they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult matter to Moses, but they would judge every minor matter themselves.

So they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but they judged every small case themselves.

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

They judged the people at all times; they would bring the hard cases to Moses, but they would judge every minor case themselves.

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

They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.

They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

Let them serve the people as judges. But have them bring every hard case to you. They can decide the easy ones themselves. That will make your load lighter. They will share it with you.

His father- in- law saw everything Moses was doing for the people. So he said,“ Aren’t you trying to do too much for the people? You are the only judge. And all these people are standing around you from morning until evening.”Moses answered,“ The people come to me to find out what God wants them to do.

Two prostitutes came to the king. They stood in front of him.One of them said,“ Pardon me, my master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was there with me.Three days after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone. There wasn’t anyone in the house but the two of us.“ During the night this woman’s baby died. It happened because she was lying on top of him.So she got up in the middle of the night. She took my son from my side while I was asleep. She put him by her breast. Then she put her dead son by my breast.The next morning, I got up to nurse my son. But he was dead! I looked at him closely in the morning light. And I saw that it wasn’t my baby.”The other woman said,“ No! The living baby is my son. The dead one belongs to you.” But the first woman said,“ No! The dead baby is yours. The living one belongs to me.” So they argued in front of the king.The king said,“ One of you says,‘ My son is alive. Your son is dead.’ The other one says,‘ No! Your son is dead. Mine is alive.’ ”He continued,“ Bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought to him.Then he gave an order. He said,“ Cut the living child in two. Give half to one woman and half to the other.”The woman whose son was alive was filled with deep love for her son. She said to the king,“ My master, please give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!” But the other woman said,“ Neither one of us will have him. Cut him in two!”Then the king made his decision. He said,“ Give the living baby to the first woman. Don’t kill him. She’s his mother.”All the Israelites heard about the decision the king had given. That gave them great respect for him. They saw that God had given him wisdom. They knew that Solomon would do what was right and fair when he judged people.

The queen of Sheba heard about how famous Solomon was. She also heard about how he served and worshiped the Lord. So she came to test Solomon with hard questions.

People will bring their cases to your courts. But some cases will be too hard for you to judge. They might be about murders, attacks or other crimes. Then take those hard cases to the place the Lord your God will choose.

I was like a father to needy people. I stood up for strangers in court.