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Exodus 18:19-22

19Hearkenשְׁמַ֤עshe.Ma'H8085now to myvoiceבְּקֹלִי֙be.ko.LiH6963, I will give theecounselאִיעָ֣צְךָ֔'i.'A.tze.khaH3289, andGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430shallbeH1961with thee: Be thou for thepeopleלָעָ֗םla.'AmH5971towardGodמ֚וּל הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםmul ha.'E.lo.HimH4136 H430, that thou mayestbringוְהֵבֵאתָ֥ve.he.ve.TaH935thecausesהַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.RimH1697toGodהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.HimH430:

20And thou shaltteachוְהִזְהַרְתָּ֣הve.hiz.har.TahH2094 H853themordinancesהַחֻקִּ֖יםha.chu.KimH2706andlawsהַתּוֹרֹ֑תha.to.RotH8451, and shaltshowוְהוֹדַעְתָּ֣ve.ho.da'.TaH3045them thewayהַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ha.De.rekhH1870in which they mustwalkH3212, and theworkהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖הha.ma.'a.SehH4639that they mustdoיַעֲשֽׂוּן׃ya.'a.SunH6213.

21Moreover thou shaltprovideתֶחֱזֶ֣הte.che.ZehH2372out of all thepeopleהָ֠עָםHa.'omH5971ableחַ֜יִלCha.yilH2428menאַנְשֵׁי־'an.shei-H582, such asfearיִרְאֵ֧יyir.'EiH3373Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430,menאַנְשֵׁ֥י'an.SheiH582oftruthאֱמֶ֖ת'e.MetH571,hatingשֹׂ֣נְאֵיSo.ne.'eiH8130covetousnessבָ֑צַעVa.tza'H1215; andplaceוְשַׂמְתָּ֣ve.sam.TaH7760such over them, to berulersשָׂרֵ֤יsa.ReiH8269ofthousandsאֲלָפִים֙'a.la.FimH505, andrulersשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269ofhundredsמֵא֔וֹתme.'otH3967,rulersשָׂרֵ֥יsa.ReiH8269offiftiesחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםcha.mi.ShimH2572, andrulersוְשָׂרֵ֥יve.sa.ReiH8269oftensעֲשָׂרֹֽת׃'a.sa.RotH6235:

22And let themjudgeוְשָׁפְט֣וּve.sha.fe.TuH8199thepeopleהָעָם֮ha.'AmH5971at allseasonsעֵת֒'etH6256: and it shall be, that everygreatהַגָּדֹל֙ha.ga.DolH1419matterהַדָּבָ֤רha.da.VarH1697they shallbringיָבִ֣יאוּya.Vi.'uH935to thee, but everysmallהַקָּטֹ֖ןha.ka.TonH6996matterהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697they shalljudgeיִשְׁפְּטוּ־yish.pe.tu-H8199: so shall it beeasierוְהָקֵל֙ve.ha.KelH7043for thyself, and they shallbearוְנָשְׂא֖וּve.na.se.'UH5375the burden with thee.

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