Deuteronomy 1:13-16 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

13. Offer, from among you, wise and experienced men, those whose conversation has been proven within your tribes, so that I may appoint them as your rulers.'

14. Then you responded to me: 'What you intend to do is a good thing.'

15. And so, I took from your tribes men, wise and noble, and I appointed them as rulers, as tribunes and centurions, and as leaders over fifty and over ten, who would teach you each thing.

16. And I instructed them, saying: 'Listen to them, and judge what is just, whether he is one of your citizens or a sojourner.

Deuteronomy 1