But you should select capable men from all the people — men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain — and appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
In context
19Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You represent the people before God, bringing their disputes to him, 20and you teach them the statutes and the instructions, and show them the way they are to walk and the things they are to do. 21But you should select capable men from all the people — men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain — and appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. 22Let them judge the people at all times. Every major dispute they are to bring to you, but every minor case they can decide themselves. That will lighten your load, and they will share it with you. 23If you do this, and God so commands you, you will be able to endure, and all these people will go home satisfied.”
