Exodus 18:24-26

18:24 Moses listened to ¹  his father-in-law and did everything he had said. 18:25 Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 18:26 They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring ²  to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.

[18:24]  ¹ tn The idiom “listen to the voice of” means “obey, comply with, heed.”

[18:26]  ² tn This verb and the verb in the next clause are imperfect tenses. In the past tense narrative of the verse they must be customary, describing continuous action in past time.