The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. The scene Jethro observes the next day is revealing: Moses sits as judge from dawn to dusk, with the entire community standing around him waiting for decisions. The scale is extraordinary — one man, two million people, every dispute requiring his personal adjudication. The system is unsustainable, and Jethro sees it immediately. Acts 6:2–4 records the apostles facing a similar organizational problem: the Twelve should not neglect the ministry of the word to wait on tables. The solution — appointment of deacons — follows the same logic Jethro will recommend. Every organization that grows beyond its founding structure eventually faces the same challenge Moses faces here.

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