Cross references

Exodus 18:22

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.

Exodus 18:22 BSB

Exodus 18:22 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 11:17 (5 votes) and Exodus 18:26 (3 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 41 to Romans 13.

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Which verses does Exodus 18:22 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.

  2. And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.

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

  4. Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,

  5. the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,

  6. Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,

  7. Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.” And at that time I commanded you all the things you were to do.

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

  9. If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose. You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

  10. This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.

Which verses point to Exodus 18:22?

The 10 strongest of 20.