10. The Lord your God has made you grow in number so that there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky.
11. I pray that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, will give you a thousand times more people and do all the wonderful things he promised.
12. But I cannot take care of your problems, your troubles, and your arguments by myself.
13. So choose some men from each tribe—wise men who have understanding and experience—and I will make them leaders over you.”
14. And you said, “That’s a good thing to do.”
15. So I took the wise and experienced leaders of your tribes, and I made them your leaders. I appointed commanders over a thousand people, over a hundred people, over fifty people, and over ten people and made them officers over your tribes.
16. Then I told your leaders, “Listen to the arguments between your people. Judge fairly between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner.