Exodus 18:17-22 — Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁷And Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good. ¹⁸“^aYou will surely wear out, both yourself and ¹these people who are with you, for the ²task is too heavy for you; ^byou cannot do it alone. ¹⁹“Now listen to my voice: I will give you counsel, and God be with you. ¹You be the people’s representative before God, and you ^abring the matters to God; ²⁰^athen warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make known to them ^bthe way in which they shall go and the work they shall do. ²¹“But you shall ¹select ^aexcellent men out of all the people, ^bthose who fear God, men of truth, those who ^chate greedy gain; and you shall place these men over them as leaders of thousands, ²of hundreds, ³of fifties, and ⁴of tens. ²²“And they will judge the people at all times. And it will be ^athat every major matter they will bring to you, but every minor matter they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and ^bthey will bear the burden with you.