Deuteronomy 1:9-18
Read Deuteronomy 1 in full →9“And I spoke to you at that time, saying, ‘aI am not able to bear the burden of you alone. 10‘Yahweh your God has amultiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number. 11‘May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, ajust as He has 1promised you! 12‘How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife? 13‘1,aChoose wise and understanding and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’ 14“Then you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’ 15“So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and gave them as heads over you, leaders of thousands and 1of hundreds, 2of fifties and 3of tens, and officers for your tribes.
16“Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and ajudge righteously between a man and his brother or the sojourner who is with him. 17‘aYou shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall bnot fear 1man, for the judgment is God’s. cThe case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’ 18“aAnd I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.