4. after he had slain Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan, who dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei;
5. on this side of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses resolved to declare this law, saying,
6. The Lord our God spoke unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount;
7. turn and take your journey and go to the mount of the Amorite and unto all the places nearby, in the plain, in the hills, and in the valleys and to the Negev and by the sea side to the land of the Canaanite and unto Lebanon unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
8. Behold, I have given the land in your presence; go in and possess the land which the Lord swore unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give unto them and to their seed after them.
9. And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone;
10. the Lord your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
11. Let the Lord God of your fathers add upon you a thousand times so many more as ye are and bless you, as he has promised!
12. How can I myself alone bear your troubles and your burdens and your strife?
13. Give me from among you, of your tribes, wise and understanding and expert men, and I will make them the head over you.
14. And ye answered me and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
15. So I took the principals of your tribes, wise men and experts, and made them princes over you, princes over thousands and princes over hundreds and princes over fifties and princes over tens and officers among your tribes.
16. And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren and judge righteously between every man and his brother and the stranger that is with him.