Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: (18:19)

And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do (18:20)

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: (18:21)

And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, [that] every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear [the burden] with thee (18:22)

If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee [so], then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace (18:23)

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said (18:24)

And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens (18:25)

And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves (18:26)

And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land (18:27)

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