Text -- Exodus 18:20 (NET)

18:20 warn them of the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Exo 18:20

¹ tn The perfect tense with the vav (ו) continues the sequence of instruction for Moses. He alone was to be the mediator, to guide them in the religious and moral instruction.

² tn The verb and its following prepositional phrase form a relative clause, modifying “the way.” The imperfect tense should be given the nuance of obligatory imperfect – it is the way they must walk.

³ tn This last part is parallel to the preceding: “work” is also a direct object of the verb “make known,” and the relative clause that qualifies it also uses an obligatory imperfect.