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Exodus 18:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. "

Exodus 18:21

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19 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.

20 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

22 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.

23 If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace.”

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Deuteronomy 16:18

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"You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment."

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"You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them."

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"Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”"

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"Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”"

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"Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high."

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Exodus 18:1

"Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt."

Exodus 18:2

"Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,"

Exodus 18:3

"and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”."

Exodus 18:4

"The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”"

Exodus 18:5

"Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God."

Exodus 18:6

"He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”"

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