²⁴ So Moses listened to [^Lthe voice of] his father-in-law and did everything he said. ²⁵ He ·chose [selected] ·capable [virtuous; noble] men from all the Israelites and made them ·leaders [heads] over the people; they were officers over groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. ²⁶ These officers ·solved disagreements among [judged] the people all the time. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but they ·decided [judged] the ·simple [^Lsmall] cases themselves.