² and stood before Moses,^(A) Eleazar the priest, the leaders^(B) and the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting^(C) and said,

¹⁵ Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will.^(A)

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.

²⁶ They served as judges^(A) for the people at all times. The difficult cases^(B) they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.^(C)