Deuteronomy 1:13-15

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹³ Choose for each of your tribes individuals who are wise, discerning, and reputable to be your leaders.’ ¹⁴ You answered me, ‘The plan you have proposed is a good one.’ ¹⁵ So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and reputable individuals, and installed them as leaders over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officials, throughout your tribes.