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20 (A)then warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make known to them (B)the way in which they shall go and the work they shall do. 21 But you shall [a]select (C)excellent men out of all the people, (D)those who fear God, men of truth, those who (E)hate greedy gain; and you shall place these men over them as leaders of thousands, [b]of hundreds, [c]of fifties, and [d]of tens. 22 And they will judge the people at all times. And it will be (F)that every major matter they will bring to you, but every minor matter they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and (G)they will bear the burden with you.

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  1. Exodus 18:21 Lit see
  2. Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of
  3. Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of
  4. Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of