Deuteronomy 1:9–18

⁹And ⁱI spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: ¹⁰the Lord your God hath multiplied you, and behold, ^kyou are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. ¹¹(^lThe Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many moe as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) ^12mHow can I myself alone bear your ⁿcumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? ^13oTake ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. ¹⁴And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. ¹⁵So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, ^pand made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and ^qofficers among your tribes. ¹⁶And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and ^rjudge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. ^17sYe shall not respect persons in judgment; but you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for ^tthe judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, ^ubring it unto me, and I will hear it. ¹⁸And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.