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• Now listen to the advice I am going to give you, and God be with you! Your task is to represent the people to God, to lay their cases before God, (Exodus 18, 19)

• At the same time, from the people at large choose capable and God-fearing men, men who are trustworthy and incorruptible, and put them in charge of them as heads of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens, (Exodus 18, 21)

• and make them the people's permanent judges. They will refer all important matters to you, but all minor matters they will decide themselves, so making things easier for you by sharing the burden with you. (Exodus 18, 22)

• If you do this -- and may God so command you -- you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.' (Exodus 18, 23)

• Moses chose capable men from all Israel and put them in charge of the people as heads of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. (Exodus 18, 25)

• These acted as the people's permanent judges. They referred hard cases to Moses but decided minor matters themselves. (Exodus 18, 26)

• So Moses went and summoned the people's elders and acquainted them with everything that Yahweh had bidden him, (Exodus 19, 7)

• and the people all replied with one accord, 'Whatever Yahweh has said, we will do.' Moses then reported to Yahweh what the people had said. (Exodus 19, 8)

• Yahweh then said to Moses, 'Look, I shall come to you in a dense cloud so that the people will hear when I speak to you and believe you ever after.' Moses then told Yahweh what the people had said. (Exodus 19, 9)

• Yahweh then said to Moses, 'Go to the people and tell them to sanctify themselves today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes (Exodus 19, 10)

• and be ready for the day after tomorrow; for the day after tomorrow, in the sight of all the people, Yahweh will descend on Mount Sinai. (Exodus 19, 11)

• So Moses came down from the mountain to the people; he made the people sanctify themselves and they washed their clothes. (Exodus 19, 14)