* "'''Go and gather the elders of Israel''' and say to them: 'Hashem, the G-d of your forefathers, has appeared to me – the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – saying: 'I have surely remembered you and what was done to you in Egypt.' " (3:16)
* "'''They [the elders] will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall come''' to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, 'Hashem, the G-d of the Hebrews, happened upon us. And now, please let us go on a three-day journey in the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to Hashem our G-d...' " (3:18)
* "'''And you will discern''' [prophetically, through ''Ruach HaKodesh'' – Rashi] '''from all the people men of valor''' who fear G-d, men of truth who hate money, and you shall appoint them leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, and leaders of tens." (18:21)
* "'''They ''' [the leaders] '''will judge the people at all times....'''" (18:22)* "'''Moses listened to his father-in-law's voice''' and he did everything that he had said." (18:24)Until Moses implemented Yitro's suggestion to set up sub-courts within Israel, he handled the entire nation's questions himself, an extremely time-consuming job.
* "'''Moses chose men of valor''' from all of Israel and gave them [authority to] lead the people: leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, and leaders of tens." (18:25)
* "'''They ''' [the leaders] '''judged the people at all times....'''" (18:26)
* "Moses took the people out from the camp to receive G-d '''and they stood at the bottom of the mountain.'''" (19:17)
* "And He said to Moses: 'Come up to Hashem – '''you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel''' – and you shall prostrate yourselves from a distance.' " (24:1)
* "He took the Book of the Covenant, and he called in the ears of the people, '''and they said: 'We will do and we will listen to everything that Hashem said!'''' " (24:7)
* "'''Hashem said to Moses: 'Write for yourself these words''', because according to these words I have sealed a covenant with you and with Israel.' " (34:27)
