Exodus 18:19-21

New Catholic Bible

¹⁹ Now, listen to me. I wish to give you some advice, and God be with you. You must act as the people’s representative before God and bring their cases before him. ²⁰ You will explain the decrees and the laws to them. You will direct them along the way that they should go and teach the things that they must do. ²¹ You will also choose virtuous men who fear God from among the people, honest men who are not filled with greed, and you will make them leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.