Deuteronomy 1:9-18 - Leaders For The Tribes
9 And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone. 10 LORD your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he has promised you! 12 How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Take for you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou have spoken is good to do.
15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner who is with him. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment. Ye shall hear the small and the great alike. Ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you ye shall bring to me, and I will hea 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.