Exodus 18:21

Exo 18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Ver. 2l. Out of all the people. ] Magistrates must be drained from the dregs, sifted from the bran of the ordinary sort of people.

Able men. ] Able and active; strong and stouthearted; wealthy also, and well grounded. See Jethro’s Justice of Peace, - a sermon by Mr Sam. Ward.