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19 Now listen to my voice: I will give you counsel, and God be with you. [a]You be the people’s representative before God, and you (A)bring the matters to God; 20 (B)then warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make known to them (C)the way in which they shall go and the work they shall do. 21 But you shall [b]select (D)excellent men out of all the people, (E)those who fear God, men of truth, those who (F)hate greedy gain; and you shall place these men over them as leaders of thousands, [c]of hundreds, [d]of fifties, and [e]of tens.

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  1. Exodus 18:19 Lit You be for the people in front of God
  2. Exodus 18:21 Lit see
  3. Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of
  4. Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of
  5. Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of