19. Now let me give you some good advice, and God will be with you. It is right for you to represent the people before God and bring their disputes to him.
20. You should teach them God's commands and explain to them how they should live and what they should do.
21. But in addition, you should choose some capable men and appoint them as leaders of the people: leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. They must be God-fearing men who can be trusted and who cannot be bribed.
22. Let them serve as judges for the people on a permanent basis. They can bring all the difficult cases to you, but they themselves can decide all the smaller disputes. That will make it easier for you, as they share your burden.
23. If you do this, as God commands, you will not wear yourself out, and all these people can go home with their disputes settled.”
24. Moses took Jethro's advice
25. and chose capable men from among all the Israelites. He appointed them as leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
26. They served as judges for the people on a permanent basis, bringing the difficult cases to Moses but deciding the smaller disputes themselves.
27. Then Moses said goodbye to Jethro, and Jethro went back home.