New American Standard Bible 1995

Deuteronomy 1:13-18

13 1 2ChooseH3051 wiseH2450 and discerningH995 and experiencedH3045 menH376 from your tribesH7626, and I will appointH7760 them as your headsH7218.’ 14You answeredH6030 me and saidH559, ‘The thingH1697 whichH834 you have saidH1696 to doH6213 is goodH2896.’ 15So I tookH3947 the headsH7218 of your tribesH7626, wiseH2450 and experiencedH3045 menH376, and 3appointedH5414 them headsH7218 overH5921 you, leadersH8269 of thousandsH505 and 4of hundredsH3967, 5of fiftiesH2572 and 6of tensH6235, and officersH7860 for your tribesH7626.

16“Then I chargedH6680 your judgesH8199 at that timeH6256, sayingH559, ‘HearH8085 the cases betweenH996 your 7fellowH251 countrymenH251, and 8judgeH8199 righteouslyH6664 betweenH996 a manH376 and his 9fellowH251 countrymanH251, or the alienH1616 who is with him. 17 10You shall not showH5234 partialityH5234 H6440 in judgmentH4941; you shall hearH8085 the smallH6996 and the greatH1419 alike. You shall 11not fearH1481 12manH376, for the judgmentH4941 is God’sH430. 13The caseH1697 that is tooH4480 hardH7185 for you, you shall bringH7126 to me, and I will hearH8085 it.’ 18 14I commandedH6680 you at that timeH6256 allH3605 the thingsH1697 that you should doH6213.

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 ↩