Êxodo 18

17 And the father-in-law of Moses says to him, "The thing which you are doing [is] not good; 18 you surely wear away, both you, and this people which [is] with you, for the thing is too heavy for you, you are not able to do it by yourself. 19 Now listen to my voice, I counsel you, and God is with you: be for the people before God, and you have brought in the things to God; 20 and you have warned them [concerning] the statutes and the laws, and have made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do. 21 And you provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and have placed [these] over them [for] heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens, 22 and they have judged the people at all times; and it has come to pass, they bring every great matter to you, and they judge every small matter themselves; and lighten it from off yourself, and they have borne with you. 23 If you do this thing, and God has commanded you, then you have been able to stand, and all this people also goes to its place in peace."