Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
⛓ Read Exodus 18 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
Jethro's criteria for appointing leaders over Israel — capable, God-fearing, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain — supply the scriptural template for the qualified overseer. The cluster of 'without reproach,' 'not greedy for money,' and good character closely tracks this paradigm of vetted communal leadership.
Medium confidenceJethro's counsel to select 'able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness' to lead supplies the OT template of vetted, blameless leaders appointed over the people. Titus's charge to appoint elders who are above reproach and not greedy echoes this qualification list.
Medium confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The 'not greedy for money' (lit. 'not greedy for dishonest gain') required of deacons echoes Jethro's stipulation that leaders 'hate bribes/dishonest gain,' extending the same integrity standard from overseers to assistants.
Low confidence