And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our Elah, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and Elohim shall be with thee: Be thou for the people a representative of Elohim, that thou mayest bring the causes unto Elohim:
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.