Deuteronomy 1:9-18 - Leaders For The Tribes
9 And I said unto you the same season, 'I am not able to bear you myself alone. 10 For the LORD your God hath multiplied you: so that ye are this day as the stars of heaven in number.' 11 - The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you as he hath promised you - 12 'How,' said I, 'can I myself alone bear the cumbrance, charge, and strife that is among you? 13 Bring therefore men of wisdom and of understanding and expert, known among your tribes, that I may make them rulers over you.'
14 And ye answered me, and said, 'That which thou hast spoken is good to be done.'
15 And then I took the heads of your tribes, men of wisdom and that were expert, and made them rulers over you: captains over thousands and over hundreds, over fifty and over ten, and officers among your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges the same time, saying, 'Hear your brethren and judge righteously between every man and his brother and the stranger that is with him. 17 See that ye know no man in judgment: but hear the small as well as the great and be afraid of no man, for the judgment is God's. And the cause that is too hard for you, bring unto me and I will hear it.' 18 And I commanded you the same season, all the things which ye should do.