^{14 (E)} When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, "What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning till evening?" ^{15 (E)} And Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God; ^{16 (E)} when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I make them know the statutes of God and his laws."