Exodus 18:19–26

¹⁹Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and ^tGod shall be with thee: be thou ^ufor the people to God-ward, that thou mayest ^xbring the causes unto God: ²⁰and thou shalt ^yteach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them ^zthe way wherein they must walk, and ^athe work that they must do. ²¹Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people ^bable men, such as ^cfear God, ^dmen of truth, ^ehating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: ²²and let them judge the people ^fat all seasons: ^gand 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 ^hthe burden with thee. ²³If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be ⁱable to endure, and all this people shall also go to ^ktheir place in peace. ²⁴So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. ²⁵And ^lMoses 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. ²⁶And they judged the people ^mat all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.