So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.
And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: “We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.
Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God and bring their cases to God,
If you do this, God will direct you, you will be able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace.”
Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
“At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able to bear you by myself.
He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.