The next day, Moses took his seat to hear the people’s disputes against each other. They waited before him from morning till evening.
When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What are you really accomplishing here? Why are you trying to do all this alone while everyone stands around you from morning till evening?”
Moses replied, “Because the people come to me to get a ruling from God. When a dispute arises, they come to me, and I am the one who settles the case between the quarreling parties. In in form the people of God’s decrees and give the His instructions.” (vv 13-16, NLT)
Moses listened to his father-in-law’s advise and followed his suggestions. He chose capable men from all over Israel and appointed them as leaders over the people. He put then in charges of groups of one thousand, one hundred, fifty, and ten. These men were always available to solve the people’s common disputes. They brought the major cases to Moses, but they took car of the smaller matters themselves.
Soon after this, Moses said good-bye to his father-in-law, who returned to his own land. (vv. 24-27, NLT)_