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The Story of Redemption
shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way
wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. Moreover
thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God,
men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be
rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and
rulers of tens: and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it
shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every
small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and
they shall bear the burden with thee. If thou shalt do this thing, and
God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this
people shall also go to their place in peace.
“So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did
all that he had said. And Moses chose able men out of all Israel,
and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of
hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And they judged the
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people at all seasons: the hard cases they brought unto Moses, but
every small matter they judged themselves. And Moses let his father
in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.”
Moses was not above being instructed by his father-in-law. God
had exalted him greatly and wrought wonders by his hand. Yet
Moses did not reason that God had chosen him to instruct others,
and had accomplished wonderful things by his hand, and he therefore
needed not to be instructed. He gladly listened to the suggestions of
his father-in-law, and adopted his plan as a wise arrangement.
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