rsv Exodus:18:19-22
rsv@Exodus:18:19 @ Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God, and bring their cases to God;
rsv@Exodus:18:20 @ and you shall teach them the statutes and the decisions, and make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do.
rsv@Exodus:18:21 @ Moreover choose able men from all the people, such as fear God, men who are trustworthy and who hate a bribe; and place such men over the people as rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
rsv@Exodus:18:22 @ And let them judge the people at all times; every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves; so it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.