vw - Deuteronomy:1:9-18

vw@Deuteronomy:1:9 @ And I spoke to you at that time, saying: I alone am not able to bear you.

vw@Deuteronomy:1:10 @ Jehovah your God has multiplied you, and here you are today, as the stars of the heavens in multitude.

vw@Deuteronomy:1:11 @ May Jehovah the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times more than you are, and bless you as He has promised you!

vw@Deuteronomy:1:12 @ How can I alone bear your burdens and your loads and your disputes?

vw@Deuteronomy:1:13 @ Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

vw@Deuteronomy:1:14 @ And you answered me and said, The thing which you have spoken to us is good to do.

vw@Deuteronomy:1:15 @ So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and made them heads over you, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, rulers of tens, and officials for your tribes.

vw@Deuteronomy:1:16 @ And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the sojourner.

vw@Deuteronomy:1:17 @ You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of any mans presence, for the judgment is Gods. And any matter that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.

vw@Deuteronomy:1:18 @ And I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.