12 And so Jethro, the kinsman of Moses, offered holocausts and sacrifices to God. And Aaron arrived with all the elders of Israel, in order to eat bread with him in the sight of God.
13 Then, the next day, Moses sat down in order to judge the people, and they stood beside Moses from morning, even until evening.
14 And when, of course, his kinsman saw all that he did among the people, he said: 'What is this that you do among the people? Why do you sit alone, while all the people stand before you, from morning, even until evening?'
15 And Moses answered him: 'The people come to me seeking the verdict of God.
16 And when any kind of dispute occurs among them, they come to me to judge between them, and to reveal the precepts of God and of his laws.'
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