²¹ But you shall ^[a]select ^(A)excellent men out of all the people, ^(B)those who fear God, men of truth, those who ^(C)hate greedy gain; and you shall place these men over them as leaders of thousands, ^[b]of hundreds, ^[c]of fifties, and ^[d]of tens.

⁹ “And I spoke to you at that time, saying, ‘^(A)I am not able to bear the burden of you alone. ¹⁰ Yahweh your God has ^(B)multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number. ¹¹ May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, ^(C)just as He has ^[a]promised you! ¹² How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife? ^13 [b](D)Choose wise and understanding and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’ ¹⁴ Then you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’ ¹⁵ So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and gave them as heads over you, leaders of thousands and ^[c]of hundreds, ^[d]of fifties and ^[e]of tens, and officers for your tribes.

¹⁶ “Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and ^(E)judge righteously between a man and his brother or the sojourner who is with him. ^17 (F)You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall ^(G)not fear ^[f]man, for the judgment is God’s. ^(H)The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’ ^18 (I)And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.