22. Let them serve as judges for the people at all times, but let them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you.
23. If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.’
24. Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.
25. He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
26. They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.
27. Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own country.