Exodus 18:20-27

20 Your job is to teach them the rules and instructions, to show them how to live, what to do.
21 And then you need to keep a sharp eye out for competent men - men who fear God, men of integrity, men who are incorruptible - and appoint them as leaders over groups organized by the thousand, by the hundred, by fifty, and by ten.
22 They'll be responsible for the everyday work of judging among the people. They'll bring the hard cases to you, but in the routine cases they'll be the judges. They will share your load and that will make it easier for you.
23 If you handle the work this way, you'll have the strength to carry out whatever God commands you, and the people in their settings will flourish also."
24 Moses listened to the counsel of his father-in-law and did everything he said.
25 Moses picked competent men from all Israel and set them as leaders over the people who were organized by the thousand, by the hundred, by fifty, and by ten.
26 They took over the everyday work of judging among the people. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but in the routine cases they were the judges.
27 Then Moses said good-bye to his father-in-law who went home to his own country.
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