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Deuteronomy 1:13-16

13Chooseהָב֣וּha.VuH3051for yourselveswiseחֲכָמִ֧יםcha.kha.MimH2450,understandingוּנְבֹנִ֛יםu.ne.vo.NimH995,and respectedוִידֻעִ֖יםvi.du.'ImH3045menאֲנָשִׁ֨ים'a.na.ShimH582from each of your tribesלְשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֑םle.shiv.tei.KhemH7626,and I will appoint themוַאֲשִׂימֵ֖םva.'a.si.MemH7760as your leadersבְּרָאשֵׁיכֶֽם׃be.ra.shei.KhemH7218.”

14And you answeredוַֽתַּעֲנ֖וּva.ta.'a.NuH6030meאֹתִ֑י'o.TiH853and saidוַתֹּ֣אמְר֔וּva.To.me.RuH559, “Whatאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834you proposeדִּבַּ֖רְתָּdi.Bar.taH1696to doלַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃la.'a.SotH6213is goodטֽוֹב־ הַדָּבָ֥רtov- ha.da.VarH2896 H1697.”

15So I tookוָאֶקַּ֞חva.'e.KachH3947אֶת־'et-H853the leadersרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218of your tribesשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֗םshiv.tei.KhemH7626,wiseחֲכָמִים֙cha.kha.MimH2450and respectedוִֽידֻעִ֔יםvi.du.'ImH3045menאֲנָשִׁ֤ים'a.na.ShimH582,and appointedוָאֶתֵּ֥ןva.'e.TenH5414themאֹתָ֛ם'o.TamH853as leadersרָאשִׁ֖יםra.ShimH7218over youעֲלֵיכֶ֑ם'a.lei.KhemH5921—as commandersשָׂרֵ֨יsa.ReiH8269of thousandsאֲלָפִ֜ים וְשָׂרֵ֣י'a.la.Fim ve.sa.ReiH505 H8269,of hundredsמֵא֗וֹת וְשָׂרֵ֤יme.'ot ve.sa.ReiH3967 H8269,of fiftiesחֲמִשִּׁים֙ וְשָׂרֵ֣יcha.mi.Shim ve.sa.ReiH2572 H8269,and of tensעֲשָׂרֹ֔ת'a.sa.RotH6235,and as officersוְשֹׁטְרִ֖יםve.sho.te.RimH7860for your tribesלְשִׁבְטֵיכֶֽם׃le.shiv.tei.KhemH7626.

16At thatהַהִ֖וא לֵאמֹ֑רha.Hiv' le.MorH1931 H559timeבָּעֵ֥תba.'EtH6256I chargedוָאֲצַוֶּה֙va.'a.tza.VehH6680אֶת־'et-H853your judgesשֹׁ֣פְטֵיכֶ֔םsho.fe.tei.KhemH8199: “Hearשָׁמֹ֤עַsha.Mo.a'H8085the disputes betweenבֵּין־bein-H996your brothersאֲחֵיכֶם֙'a.chei.KhemH251,and judgeוּשְׁפַטְתֶּ֣םu.she.fa.TemH8199fairlyצֶ֔דֶקTze.dekH6664betweenבֵּֽין־bein-H996a manאִ֥ישׁ וּבֵין־'ish u.vein-H376 H996and his brotherאָחִ֖יו וּבֵ֥ין'a.Chiv u.VeinH251 H996or a foreign residentגֵּרֽוֹ׃ge.RoH1616.

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