So Moses listened to 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, too, hear and gain in learning and the discerning acquire skill,
Then Ezra stood up and made the leading priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear that they would do as had been said. So they swore.
Shecaniah son of Jehiel, of the descendants of Elam, addressed Ezra, saying, “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 listen to me. I will give you counsel, and God be with you! You should represent the people before God and bring their cases to God.
If you do this and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will go to their homes in peace.”
Moses chose able men from all Israel and appointed them as heads over the people, as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
“At that time I said to you, ‘I am unable by myself to bear you.
He led them in safety so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.