Deuteronomy 1:9-18

9And I spoke unto you at that timeH6256, sayingH559, I am not ableH3201 to bearH5375 you myself aloneH905.

10Jehovah your 1GodH430 hath multipliedH7235 you, and behold, ye are this dayH3117 as the starsH3556 of heavenH8064 for multitudeH7230.

11Jehovah, the 2GodH430 of your fathersH1, make you a thousandH505 timesH6471 so many more as ye are, and blessH1288 you as he hath saidH1696 unto you!

12HowH349 can I myself aloneH905 sustain your wear, and your burdenH4853, and your strifeH7379?

13ProvideH3051 you wiseH2450 and understandingH995 and knownH3045 menH376, according to your tribesH7626, that I may makeH7760 them your chiefsH7218.

14And ye answered me, and saidH559, The thingH1697 that thou hast spokenH1696 is goodH2896 [for us] to do.

15So I tookH3947 the chiefsH7218 of your tribesH7626, wiseH2450 menH376 and knownH3045, and madeH5414 them chiefsH7218 over you, captains of thousandsH505, and captains of hundredsH3967, and captains of fiftiesH2572, and captains of tensH6235, and officers for your tribesH7626.

16And I commandedH6680 your judgesH8199 at that timeH6256, sayingH559, HearH8085 [the causes] between your brethren, and judgeH8199 righteously between a manH376 and his brotherH251, and him also that sojourneth with him.

17Ye shall not respect personsH376 in judgmentH4941: ye shall hearH8085 the smallH6996 as well as the greatH1419; ye shall not be afraidH1481 of the faceH6440 of manH376, for the judgmentH4941 is 3God's; and the matterH1697 that is too hardH7185 for you shall ye bringH7126 to me, that I may hearH8085 it.

18And I commandedH6680 you at that timeH6256 all the thingsH1697 that ye should do.