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Exodus 18:19-21
Legacy Standard Bible
Exodus 18:19-21
Legacy Standard Bible
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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- Exodus 18:19 Lit You be for the people in front of God
- Exodus 18:21 Lit see
- Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of
- Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of
- Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of
Exodus 18:19-21
New International Version
Exodus 18:19-21
New International Version
19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you.(A) You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes(B) to him. 20 Teach them his decrees and instructions,(C) and show them the way they are to live(D) and how they are to behave.(E) 21 But select capable men(F) from all the people—men who fear(G) God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain(H)—and appoint them as officials(I) over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
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