Exodus 18:23
King James VersionSource notes
“If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.”
Context
20And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place over them, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
22And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear with thee.
23If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
24So 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, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
26And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.