So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and respected men, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Deuteronomy 1:15 in context
Deuteronomy 1:12–18
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How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?
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Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
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You answered me, and said, “The thing which you have spoken is good to do.”
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So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and respected men, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
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I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
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You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”
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I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.
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