¹⁷ And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, `The thing which thou art doing `is' not good;

^{18 Ref} thou dost surely wear away, both thou, and this people which `is' with thee, for the thing is too heavy for thee, thou art not able to do it by thyself.

^{19 Ref} `Now, hearken to my voice, I counsel thee, and God is with thee: be thou for the people over-against God, and thou hast brought in the things unto God;

^{20 Ref} and thou hast warned them `concerning' the statutes and the laws, and hast made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do.

^{21 Ref} `And thou -- thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed `these' over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

^{22 Ref} and they have judged the people at all times; and it hath come to pass, every great matter they bring in unto thee, and every small matter they judge themselves; and lighten it from off thyself, and they have borne with thee.

^{23 Ref} If thou dost this thing, and God hath commanded thee, then thou hast been able to stand, and all this people also goeth in unto its place in peace.'

^{24 Ref} And Moses hearkeneth to the voice of his father-in-law, and doth all that he said,