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Exodus 18:26

Exodus 18:26

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

At all seasons. See the comment on . The hard causes they brought unto Moses. It must have been left to the discretion of the judges to determine whether a cause was hard or easy, a great or a little matter. Probably only those causes which seemed "hard" to the "rulers of thousands" were brought before Moses for decision.

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