5. Beyond the Jordan in the land of Moab. And Moses began to expound the law, and to say:
6. The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: You have stayed long enough in this mountain:
7. Turn you, and come to the mountain of the Amorrhites, and to the other places that are next to it, the plains and the hills and the vales towards the south, and by the sea shore, the land of the Chanaanites, and of Libanus, as far as the great river Euphrates.
8. Behold, said he, I have delivered it to you: go in and possess it, concerning which the Lord swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them, and to their seed after them.
9. And I said to you at that time:
10. I alone am not able to bear you: for the Lord your God hath multiplied you, and you are this day as the stars of heaven, for multitude.
11. (The Lord God of your fathers add to this number many thousands, and bless you as he hath spoken.)
12. I alone am not able to bear your business, and the charge of you and your differences.
13. Let me have from among you wise and understanding men, and such whose conversation is approved among your tribes, that I may appoint them your rulers.
14. Then you answered me: The thing is good which thou meanest to do.
15. And I took out of your tribes men wise and honourable, and appointed them rulers, tribunes, and centurions, and officers over fifties, and over tens, who might teach you all things.
16. And I commanded them, saying: Hear them, and judge that which is just: whether he be one of your country, or a stranger.