Deuteronomy 1:14-16

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁴ Then you answered me, “What you propose to do is good.” ¹⁵ So I took the heads of your tribes, men who were wise and of known ability, and I appointed them as heads over you, commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and commanders of fifties and commanders of tens, as well as officers for your tribes.

¹⁶ I gave these orders to your judges at that time: “Listen to disputes among your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother Israelite, as well as with the alien who resides with him.