Exodus 18:21
18:21 But you choose
from the people capable men,
God-fearing,
men of truth,
those who hate bribes,
and put them over the people
as rulers
of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus 18:2
18:2 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah after he had sent her back,
Exodus 19:7-9
19:7 So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him,
19:8 and all the people answered together, “All that the Lord has commanded we will do!” So Moses brought the words of the people back to the Lord.
19:9 The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.
Nehemiah 5:14
5:14 From the day that I was appointed governor in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes – twelve years in all – neither I nor my relatives ate the food allotted to the governor.