8. Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
9. And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
10. The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
11. The Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!
12. How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13. Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads 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 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.