Deuteronomy 1:15

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

Deuteronomy 1:15 — American Standard Version

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Context — Deuteronomy 1

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12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.

15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.

17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God`s: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

18And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

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