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Exodus 18:22-25

22andletthemjudgeוְשָׁפְט֣וּve.sha.fe.TuH8199thepeopleהָעָם֮ha.'AmH5971atallseasons:anditshallbeוְהָיָ֞הve.ha.YahH1961,thateverygreatהַגָּדֹל֙ha.ga.DolH1419matterהַדָּבָ֤רha.da.VarH1697theyshallbringיָבִ֣יאוּya.Vi.'uH935unto thee,buteverysmallהַקָּטֹ֖ןha.ka.TonH6996matterהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697theyshalljudgeיִשְׁפְּטוּ־yish.pe.tu-H8199themselves:soshallitbeH1961easierforthyself,andtheyshallbearוְנָשְׂא֖וּve.na.se.'UH5375theburdenwiththee.

23Ifthou shaltdothisthingהַדָּבָ֤רha.da.VarH1697,andGodאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430commandוְצִוְּךָ֣ve.tzi.ve.KhaH6680theeso,thenthou shaltbeableוְיָֽכָלְתָּ֖ve.ya.khal.TaH3201toendure,andallthispeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971alsoוְגַם֙ve.GamH1571shallgoיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935totheirplaceמְקֹמ֖וֹme.ko.MoH4725inpeaceבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ve.sha.LomH7965.

24SoMosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872hearkenedtothevoiceלְק֣וֹלle.KolH6963ofhisfather-in-law,anddidallthathehadsaidH559.

25AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֤הmo.ShehH4872choseH977ablemenH376outofallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andmadeH5414themheadsH7218overthepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971,rulersofthousandsאֲלָפִים֙'a.la.FimH505,rulersofhundredsH3967,rulersoffiftiesחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםcha.mi.ShimH2572,andrulersoftensעֲשָׂרֹֽת׃'a.sa.RotH6235.

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