A person who leads a court and makes decisions or rulings in legal matters.
About Judge
An official with authority to decide matters brought before a court.
The judge had many tasks. Most tasks were legal but some were political. In the period of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the elders of the tribes decided arguments. Moses appointed other judges to assist him but took the difficult cases for himself (Exodus 18:13–26; Deuteronomy 1:9–17). Samuel traveled to different places to judge cases (1 Samuel 7:16–17). His sons also became judges (8:1). When kings ruled Israel, judges were official leaders with clear roles and duties.
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But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.