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Exodus 18:19-27 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

19. “Now listen to my voice. Let me counsel you and Elohim be with you: Stand before Elohim for the people, and you shall bring the matters to Elohim.

20. “And you shall enlighten them concerning the laws and the Torot, and show them the way in which they should walk and the work which they do.

21. “But you yourself, seek out from all the people able men, who fear Elohim, men of truth, hating unfair gain. And place these over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

22. “And they shall rightly rule the people at all times. And it shall be that they bring every great matter to you, but they themselves rightly rule every small matter. So, make it lighter for yourself, for they shall bear with you.

23. “If you do this word, and Elohim shall command you, then you shall be able to stand and all this people also go to their place in peace.”

24. And Mosheh listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he said.

25. And Mosheh chose able men out of all Yisra’ĕl, and made them heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

26. And they rightly ruled the people at all times – the hard matters they brought to Mosheh, but they rightly ruled every small matter themselves.

27. And Mosheh sent off his father-in-law, and he went away to his own land.

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