Moses Appoints Leaders and Judges

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"At that time I told you, 'You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.

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ADONAI your God has multiplied your numbers, so that there are as many of you today as there are stars in the sky.

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May ADONAI, the God of your ancestors, increase you yet a thousandfold and bless you, as he has promised you!

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But you are burdensome, bothersome and quarrelsome! How can I bear it by myself alone?

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Pick for yourselves from each of your tribes men who are wise, understanding and knowledgeable; and I will make them heads over you.'

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"You answered me, 'What you have said would be a good thing for us to do.'

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So I took the heads of your tribes, men wise and knowledgable, and made them heads over you - leaders in charge of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens, and officers, tribe by tribe.

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At that time I commissioned your judges, 'Hear the cases that arise between your brothers; and judge fairly between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is with him.

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You are not to show favoritism when judging, but give equal attention to the small and to the great. No matter how a person presents himself, don't be afraid of him; because the decision is God's. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me and I will hear it.'

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I also gave you orders at that time concerning all the things you were to do.

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