² And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the chiefs and all the congregation, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,

¹⁵ And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because ^(A)the people come to me to inquire of God;

¹⁹ Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall ^(A)represent the people before God and ^(B)bring their cases to God,

²⁶ And ^(A)they judged the people at all times. Any hard case they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.