11. May the Lord, the God of your fathers, add to this number many thousands more, and may he bless you, just as he has said.
12. Alone, I do not have the strength to endure your arbitrations and judgments and disputes.
13. Offer, from among you, wise and experienced men, those whose conversation has been proven within your tribes, so that I may appoint them as your rulers.'
14. Then you responded to me: 'What you intend to do is a good thing.'
15. And so, I took from your tribes men, wise and noble, and I appointed them as rulers, as tribunes and centurions, and as leaders over fifty and over ten, who would teach you each thing.
16. And I instructed them, saying: 'Listen to them, and judge what is just, whether he is one of your citizens or a sojourner.