Exodus 18:20

warn ¹  them of the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk ²  and the work they must do. ³ 

Ex 18:16; De 1:18; De 4:1,5; De 5:1; De 6:1,2; De 7:11; 1Sa 12:23; Ne 9:13,14; Ps 32:8; Ps 143:8; Isa 30:21; Jer 6:16; Jer 42:3; Eze 3:17; Mic 4:2; Mt 28:20; Mr 13:34; 1Th 4:1; 2Th 3:6-12

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.