Deuteronomy 1:9-15

9I also said to you at that time, “I am no longer able to sustain you by myself.

10The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

11Indeed, may the Lord, the God of your ancestors, make you a thousand times more numerous than you are now, blessing you just as he said he would!

12But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?

13Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”

14You replied to me that what I had said to you was good.

15So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.