9. “And I spoke to them at that time, saying, ‘I am not able to bear you alone.
10. Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and look; you are today as the stars of the heaven in number.
11. Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, may he add to you as you are now a thousand times, and may he bless you just as he promised you.
12. How can I bear you by myself, your burden and your load and your strife?
13. Choose for yourselves wise and discerning and knowledgeable men for each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.’