rsv Exodus:18:19-26
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.
rsv@Exodus:18:23 @ If you do this, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace."
rsv@Exodus:18:24 @ So Moses gave heed to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.
rsv@Exodus:18:25 @ Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
rsv@Exodus:18:26 @ And they judged the people at all times; hard cases they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.