New American Standard Bible 2020

Deuteronomy 1:12-17

12HowH351 can I aloneH905 endureH5375 the burdenH2960 and weightH4853 of you and your strifeH7379? 13 1ObtainH3051 for yourselves menH376 who are wiseH2450, discerningH995, and informedH3045 from your tribesH7626, and I will appointH7760 them as your headsH7218.’ 14And you answeredH6030 me and saidH559, ‘The thingH1697 whichH834 you have saidH1696 to doH6213 is goodH2896.’ 15So I tookH3947 the headsH7218 of your tribesH7626, wiseH2450 and informedH3045 menH376, and 2appointedH5414 them as headsH7218 overH5921 you, commandersH8269 of thousandsH505, 3hundredsH3967, 4fiftiesH2572, and 5tensH6235, and officersH7860 for your tribesH7626.

16“Then I orderedH6680 your judgesH8199 at that timeH6256, sayingH559, ‘HearH8085 the cases betweenH996 your fellowH251 countrymenH251 and 6judgeH8199 righteouslyH6664 betweenH996 a personH376 and his fellowH251 countrymanH251, or the strangerH1616 who is with him. 17 7You are not to 8showH5234 partialityH5234 H6440 in judgmentH4941; you shall hearH8085 the smallH6996 and the greatH1419 alike. You are 9not to be afraidH1481 of any personH376, for the judgmentH4941 isH7185 God’sH430. 10The caseH1697 that is tooH4480 difficultH7185 for you, you shall bringH7126 to me, and I will hearH8085 it.’

Notes

1. Deuteronomy 1:13 Ex 18:21 ↩
2. Deuteronomy 1:15 Lit gave them as ↩
3. Deuteronomy 1:15 Lit commanders of ↩
4. Deuteronomy 1:15 Lit commanders of ↩
5. Deuteronomy 1:15 Lit commanders of ↩
6. Deuteronomy 1:16 Deut 16:18; John 7:24 ↩
7. 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 ↩
8. Deuteronomy 1:17 Lit recognize faces ↩
9. Deuteronomy 1:17 Prov 29:25 ↩
10. Deuteronomy 1:17 Ex 18:22, 26 ↩