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.

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.

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

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

They should always be available to solve the people’s common disputes, but have them bring the major cases to you. Let the leaders decide the smaller matters themselves. They will help you carry the load, making the task easier for you.

When Moses’ father in law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked,“ What are you really accomplishing here? Why are you trying to do all this alone while everyone stands around you from morning till evening?”Moses replied,“ Because the people come to me to get a ruling from God.

Some time later two prostitutes came to the king to have an argument settled.“ Please, my lord,” one of them began,“ this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was with me in the house.Three days later this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there were only two of us in the house.“ But her baby died during the night when she rolled over on it.Then she got up in the night and took my son from beside me while I was asleep. She laid her dead child in my arms and took mine to sleep beside her.And in the morning when I tried to nurse my son, he was dead! But when I looked more closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn’t my son at all.”Then the other woman interrupted,“ It certainly was your son, and the living child is mine.”“ No,” the first woman said,“ the living child is mine, and the dead one is yours.” And so they argued back and forth before the king.Then the king said,“ Let’s get the facts straight. Both of you claim the living child is yours, and each says that the dead one belongs to the other.All right, bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought to the king.Then he said,“ Cut the living child in two, and give half to one woman and half to the other!”Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out,“ Oh no, my lord! Give her the child— please do not kill him!” But the other woman said,“ All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”Then the king said,“ Do not kill the child, but give him to the woman who wants him to live, for she is his mother!”When all Israel heard the king’s decision, the people were in awe of the king, for they saw the wisdom God had given him for rendering justice.

When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, which brought honor to the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.

“ Suppose a case arises in a local court that is too hard for you to decide— for instance, whether someone is guilty of murder or only of manslaughter, or a difficult lawsuit, or a case involving different kinds of assault. Take such legal cases to the place the Lord your God will choose,

I was a father to the poor and assisted strangers who needed help.