World English Bible
Deuteronomy 1:14
“You answered me, and said, "The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 1
How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
You answered me, and said, "The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do.
So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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