Deuteronomy:1:12-17
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How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance ,
and your burden ,
and your strife ?
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Take you wise men ,
and understanding ,
and known among your tribes ,
and I will make them rulers over you .
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And ye answered me ,
and said ,
The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do .
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So I took the chief of your tribes ,
wise men ,
and known ,
and made them heads over you ,
captains over thousands ,
and captains over hundreds ,
and captains over fifties ,
and captains over tens ,
and officers among your tribes .
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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 .
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Ye shall not respect persons in judgment ;
but ye shall hear the small as well as the great ;
ye shall not be afraid of the face of man ;
for the judgment is God '
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and the cause that is too hard for you ,
bring it unto me ,
and I will hear it .