¹³ Choose for yourselves wise and discerning and knowledgeable men^[a] for each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.’

¹⁴ “And you answered me, and you said, ‘The thing you have said to do is good.’ ¹⁵ And so I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and then I appointed them as leaders over you as commanders of groups of thousands and commanders of groups of hundreds and commanders of groups of fifties and commanders of groups of tens as officials for your tribes.