Exodus 18:25 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 18:25

23 If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their ^aplace in peace.”

24 So Moses heeded the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.

25 And ^aMoses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

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

27 Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and ^ahe went his way to his own land.

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Exodus 18:25-26

Now, one final thing here—I want you to compare this with the American system of justice. In our system, if one gets an unfavorable decision from the court, the thought is always that one can appeal to a higher court. In this system in Exodus 18, there is no thought of appeal by the litigants given. It seems to be that only the judge passed it on, at his discretion, if he thought it was too hard for him to handle. Boy, that would clear up the court system in America in a hurry, and we would not have this big logjam of cases if there were no court of appeals.

Excerpted from Government (Part One) by John W. Ritenbaugh

Exodus 18:18-26

What I wanted you to see there is there is no indication that God chose even one of those people. According to the context there, Moses simply appointed them. I will show you an expansion on this very thing but it does not occur until Deuteronomy 1 where we get a little bit clearer explanation.

Excerpted from Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Twenty-Nine) by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

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