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OET (OET-LV) And_teach DOM_them DOM the_statutes and_DOM the_laws and_known to/for_them DOM the_way [which]_they_will_walk in/on/at/with_which and_DOM the_work which do.
OET (OET-RV) You should also teach them the statutes and the laws, and you should teach them the way they should live and the work that they should do.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְהוֹדַעְתָּ֣ לָהֶ֗ם אֶת־הַדֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ יֵ֣לְכוּ בָ֔הּ
and,known to/for=them DOM the,way walk in/on/at/with,which
Jethro speaks of living or behaving like walking. If your readers would not understand what this image means in this context, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture. Alternatively, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “You must show them how to live” or “You must show them how to behave”
18:13-27 Jethro’s wise advice is a further example of God’s providence, although it was not given in a miraculous way. Jethro introduced Moses to a style of leadership that involved delegation of authority. It appears that Moses had been following an Egyptian style of leadership that was heavily hierarchical and based on circumstances. No Egyptian law code has yet been discovered. It appears that all authority flowed downward from the pharaoh, who ruled by fiat. Jethro proposed a structure of delegation that would make Moses’ life easier.
OET (OET-LV) And_teach DOM_them DOM the_statutes and_DOM the_laws and_known to/for_them DOM the_way [which]_they_will_walk in/on/at/with_which and_DOM the_work which do.
OET (OET-RV) You should also teach them the statutes and the laws, and you should teach them the way they should live and the work that they should do.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.