Exodus 18:17-25

17And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good.

18Thou wilt be quite exhausted, both thou and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee: thou canst not perform it alone.

19Hearken now to my voice: I will give thee counsel, and 1God shall be with thee. Be thou for the people with 2God, and bring the matters before 3God;

20and teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

21But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear 4God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [them] over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens,

22that they may judge the people at all times; and it shall be [that] they shall bring to thee every great matter, and that they shall judge every small matter, and they shall lighten [the task] on thee, and they shall bear [it] with thee.

23If thou do this thing, and 5God command thee [so], thou wilt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

24And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

25And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens.