¹⁵ So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, ^(A)and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes.

Justice

¹⁸ “You shall appoint ^(A)judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

^25 (A)Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. ²⁶ And ^(B)they judged the people at all times. Any hard case they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.

¹¹ And ^(A)he gave the ^(B)apostles, the prophets, the ^(C)evangelists, the ^(D)shepherds^[a] and teachers,^[b]

⁷ And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, people of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse ^(A)give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds,

^18 (A)Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. ^(B)See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.”

¹² And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some ^(A)to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.

¹⁴ And Moses was angry with ^(A)the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.