Exodus 18:22
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Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.
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And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.
The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,
the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,
Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,
And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.
This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.