Deuteronomy 1:13-16

131Obtain for yourselves men who are wise, discerning, and informed from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’ 14And you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’ 15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and informed men, and 2appointed them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, 3hundreds, 4fifties, and 5tens, and officers for your tribes.

16“Then I ordered your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen and 6judge righteously between a person and his fellow countryman, or the stranger who is with him.