Exodus 18:13-16

13The next day Moses sat down to judge the people, and they stood around Moses from morning until evening.

14When Moses’s father-in-law saw everything he was doing for them he asked, “What is this you’re doing for the people? Why are you alone sitting as judge, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening?”

15Moses replied to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

16Whenever they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I make a decision between one man and another. I teach them God’s statutes and laws.”