Deuteronomy 1:14-16

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴ They answered, saying, “It would be good to do what you suggested.” ¹⁵ So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and made them your leaders, captains of the thousands, and captains of the hundreds, and captains of the fifties and the tens, as your tribal officials. ¹⁶ At that time I instructed your judges, “Listen to the disputes among your brethren and judge them justly, whether between a man and his fellow countryman or even the foreigner who is with him.^[a]