¹⁶ “Go, assemble the elders^(A) of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob^(B)—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen^(C) what has been done to you in Egypt.

⁶ That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers^(A) and overseers in charge of the people:

⁹ Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders^(A) of Israel went up

²¹ But select capable men^(A) from all the people—men who fear^(B) God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain^(C)—and appoint them as officials^(D) over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

²⁴ Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.