then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.

They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.

You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

They will judge the people under normal circumstances, and every difficult case they will bring to you, but every small case they themselves will judge, so that you may make it easier for yourself, and they will bear the burden with you.