Exodus 18:21
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Exo 18:21
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~"Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place {these} over them {as} leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.
Exo 18:22
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~"Let them judge the people at all times; and let it be that every major dispute they will bring to you, but every minor dispute they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear {the burden} with you.
Exo 18:23
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~"If you do this thing and God {so} commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace."
Exo 18:24
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So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did all that he had said.
Exo 18:25
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Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.
Exo 18:26
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They judged the people at all times; the difficult dispute they would bring to Moses, but every minor dispute they themselves would judge.
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