Exodus 17 & 18 - So Moses listened to his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 2017

Exo 18:17
And Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you are doing is not good.

Exo 18:18
"You will surely wear out, both yourself and these people who are with you, for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.

There were probably more than two million people in the camp. The disputes from all these people were far too much of a burden for one man to bear.

Exo 18:19
"Now listen to me: I shall give you counsel, and God be with you. You be the people's representative before God, and you bring the disputes to God,

Exo 18:20
then teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they are to walk, and the work they are to do.

Jethro knows that Moses is still to be the mediator between the people and Elohim (which is another way he is a type of Messiah).

Exo 18:21
"Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them, as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.

Exo 18:22
"And let them judge the people at all times; and let it be that every major dispute they will bring to you, but every minor dispute they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.

Exo 18:23
"If you do this thing and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace."

In Acts 6:1-6, the Apostles have issues in the assembly (ekklesia) that needed attention, but the Apostles did not have the time to deal with them. So they used the model described here in Torah as a solution. They appointed men to handle the smaller matters so the Apostles could deal with their duties to Elohim.

Exo 18:24
So Moses listened to his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

Exo 18:25
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.

This is one verse in Torah used by the founding fathers of the United States for the basis of the local, state, and federal government that we have today. They thought they could model the federal, state, and local governments after the leaders of the thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. The men who founded our country were well versed in Scripture and many saw the Truth in the Tanakh, even though they were apparently blind to Torah.