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Exodus 18:17-23

17AndMoses'father-in-lawsaidH559tohim,Thethingהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697thatthou artdoingisnotgoodטוֹב֙tOvH2896.

18Thou wiltbequite exhausted,boththouandthispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971thatiswiththee;forthethingהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697istooheavyכָבֵ֤דkha.VedH3515forthee: thou canstnotperformitaloneלְבַדֶּֽךָ׃le.va.De.khaH905.

19Hearkennowעַתָּ֞ה'a.TahH6258tomyvoiceבְּקֹלִי֙be.ko.LiH6963:IwillgivetheecounselH3289,andGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430shallbeוִיהִ֥יvi.HiH1961withthee.Beהֱיֵ֧הhe.YehH1961thouforthepeopleלָעָ֗םla.'AmH5971withGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,andbringוְהֵבֵאתָ֥ve.he.ve.TaH935themattersהַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.RimH1697beforeGodהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.HimH430;

20andteachthemthestatutesH2706andthelawsהַתּוֹרֹ֑תha.to.RotH8451,andmakeH6213knownH3045tothemthewayהַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ha.De.rekhH1870inwhichtheymustwalk,andtheworkהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖הha.ma.'a.SehH4639thattheymustdo.

21Butdothou provideamongallthepeopleהָ֠עָםHa.'omH5971ablemenH376,suchasfearיִרְאֵ֧יyir.'EiH3373Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430,menH376oftruthH571,hatingH8130covetousness;andplaceH7760[them]overthem,chiefsH8269ofthousandsאֲלָפִים֙'a.la.FimH505,chiefsH8269ofhundredsH3967,chiefsH8269offiftiesחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםcha.mi.ShimH2572,andchiefsH8269oftensעֲשָׂרֹֽת׃'a.sa.RotH6235,

22thattheymayjudgeוְשָׁפְט֣וּve.sha.fe.TuH8199thepeopleהָעָם֮ha.'AmH5971atalltimesעֵת֒'etH6256;anditshallbeוְהָיָ֞הve.ha.YahH1961[that]theyshallbringיָבִ֣יאוּya.Vi.'uH935totheeeverygreatהַגָּדֹל֙ha.ga.DolH1419matterהַדָּבָ֤רha.da.VarH1697,andthattheyshalljudgeיִשְׁפְּטוּ־yish.pe.tu-H8199everysmallהַקָּטֹ֖ןha.ka.TonH6996matterהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697,andtheyshalllightenוְהָקֵל֙ve.ha.KelH7043[thetask]onthee,andtheyshallbearוְנָשְׂא֖וּve.na.se.'UH5375[it]withthee.

23Ifthoudothisthingהַדָּבָ֤רha.da.VarH1697,andGodאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430commandוְצִוְּךָ֣ve.tzi.ve.KhaH6680thee [so], thou wiltbeableוְיָֽכָלְתָּ֖ve.ya.khal.TaH3201toendure,andallthispeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971shallalsoוְגַם֙ve.GamH1571goיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935totheirplaceמְקֹמ֖וֹme.ko.MoH4725inpeaceבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ve.sha.LomH7965.

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