Exodus 18:13-27 And it came to pass the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and all the people stood by Moses from morning till evening.

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ And it came to pass the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and all the people stood by Moses from morning till evening. ¹⁴ And Jethro, having seen all that Moses did to the people, said, What is this that you do to the people? Why do you alone sit, and all the people stand by you from morning till evening? ¹⁵ And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to seek judgment from God. ¹⁶ For whenever there is a dispute among them, and they come to me, I give judgment upon each, and I teach them the ordinances of God and His law. ¹⁷ And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, The thing that you do is not good. ¹⁸ You will wear away with intolerable weariness, both you and all these people who are with you: this thing is hard, you will not be able to endure it by yourself. ¹⁹ Now then listen to me, and I will advise you, and God shall be with you: be all things to the people pertaining to God, and you shall bring their matters to God. ²⁰ And you shall testify to them the ordinances of God and His law, and you shall show to them the ways in which they shall walk, and the works which they shall do. ²¹ Also you shall select for yourself able men out of all the people, God fearing men, righteous men, hating pride, and you shall set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens. ²² And they shall judge the people at all times, and those matters too burdensome they shall bring to you, but they shall judge the smaller cases; so they shall relieve you and help you. ²³ If you will do this thing, God shall strengthen you, and you shall be able to endure, and all this people shall go into their own place with peace. ²⁴ And Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he said to him. ²⁵ And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens over the people. ²⁶ And they judged the people at all times; and every matter too burdensome they brought to Moses, but every light matter they judged themselves. ²⁷ And Moses dismissed his father-in-law, and he returned to his own land.