¹³ Choose some wise, understanding and respected men^(A) from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”

¹⁴ You answered me, “What you propose to do is good.”

¹⁵ So I took^(B) the leading men of your tribes,^(C) wise and respected men,^(D) and appointed them to have authority over you—as commanders^(E) of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.^(F)

¹¹ And our elders and all those living in our country said to us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go and meet them and say to them, “We are your servants; make a treaty with us.”’