出埃及记18:13~27
选立百姓的官长
（申1‧9－18）
13 第二天，摩西坐着审判百姓，百姓从早到晚都站在摩西的左右。
14 摩西的岳父看见他向百姓所做的一切事，就说：「你向百姓做的是什么事呢？你为什么独自坐着，众百姓从早到晚都站在你的左右呢？」
15 摩西对岳父说：「这是因百姓到我这里来求问 SHEN 。
16 他们有事的时候就到我这里来，我便在两造之间施行审判；我又叫他们知道 SHEN 的律例和法度。」
17 摩西的岳父说：「你这做的不好。
18 你和这些百姓必都疲惫；因为这事太重，你独自一人办理不了。
19 现在你要听我的话。我为你出个主意，愿 SHEN 与你同在。你要替百姓到 SHEN 面前，将案件奏告 SHEN ；
20 又要将律例和法度教训他们，指示他们当行的道，当做的事；
21 并要从百姓中拣选有才能的人，就是敬畏 SHEN 、诚实无妄、恨不义之财的人，派他们作千夫长、百夫长、五十夫长、十夫长，管理百姓，
22 叫他们随时审判百姓，大事都要呈到你这里，小事他们自己可以审判。这样，你就轻省些，他们也可以同当此任。
23 你若这样行， SHEN 也这样吩咐你，你就能受得住，这百姓也都平平安安归回他们的住处。」
24 于是，摩西听从他岳父的话，按着他所说的去行。
25 摩西从以色列人中拣选了有才能的人，立他们为百姓的首领，作千夫长、百夫长、五十夫长、十夫长。
26 他们随时审判百姓，有难断的案件就呈到摩西那里，但各样小事他们自己审判。
27 此后，摩西让他的岳父去，他就往本地去了。
13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening.
14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”
15 Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will.
16 Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”
17 Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good.
18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.
19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him.
20 Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave.
21 But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you.
23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”
24 Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.
25 He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
26 They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.
27 Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own country.
内容观察
1.叶特罗为摩西的什么事感到惋惜?(13,18节)
2.叶特罗向摩西提出怎样的建议?（21~22节)
思考与默想
个人感受
决心与应用
5.我何时曾无视智慧的建言，试图独自承受，最终力不从心?
6.为了接纳他人的智慧，好能为所属群体带来祝福，我决定要怎么做?
SHEN 的律例和法度(16节):这里指的是审判的规则和标准。
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