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Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good.

Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.

“This is not good!” Moses’ father-in-law exclaimed.

“What you’re doing is not good,” Moses’s father-in-law said to him.

And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

So Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.

Moses’ father-in-law said, “This is no way to go about it. You’ll burn out, and the people right along with you. This is way too much for you—you can’t do this alone. Now listen to me. Let me tell you how to do this so that God will be in this with you. Be there for the people before God, but let the matters of concern be presented to God. Your job is to teach them the rules and instructions, to show them how to live, what to do. And then you need to keep a sharp eye out for competent men—men who fear God, men of integrity, men who are incorruptible—and appoint them as leaders over groups organized by the thousand, by the hundred, by fifty, and by ten. They’ll be responsible for the everyday work of judging among the people. They’ll bring the hard cases to you, but in the routine cases they’ll be the judges. They will share your load and that will make it easier for you. If you handle the work this way, you’ll have the strength to carry out whatever God commands you, and the people in their settings will flourish also.”

Moses’ father-in-law then said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good.

Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good.

Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good!