New American Standard Bible 1995

Deuteronomy 1:12-18

12How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife? 13 1 2Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’ 14You answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’ 15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and 3appointed them heads over you, leaders of thousands and 4of hundreds, 5of fifties and 6of tens, and officers for your tribes.

16“Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your 7fellow countrymen, and 8judge righteously between a man and his 9fellow countryman, or the alien who is with him. 17 10You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall 11not fear 12man, for the judgment is God’s. 13The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’ 18 14I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.

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Notes

1. Deuteronomy 1:13 Lit Give for yourselves ↩
2. Deuteronomy 1:13 Ex 18:21 ↩
3. Deuteronomy 1:15 Lit gave ↩
4. Deuteronomy 1:15 Lit leaders of ↩
5. Deuteronomy 1:15 Lit leaders of ↩
6. Deuteronomy 1:15 Lit leaders of ↩
7. Deuteronomy 1:16 Lit brothers ↩
8. Deuteronomy 1:16 Deut 16:18; John 7:24 ↩
9. Deuteronomy 1:16 Lit brother ↩
10. Deuteronomy 1:17 Deut 10:17; 16:19; 24:17; 2 Chr 19:5, 6; Prov 24:23-26; Acts 10:34; James 2:1, 9 ↩
11. Deuteronomy 1:17 Prov 29:25 ↩
12. Deuteronomy 1:17 Lit because of man ↩
13. Deuteronomy 1:17 Ex 18:22, 26 ↩
14. Deuteronomy 1:18 Ex 18:20 ↩

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