9 And I said unto you at that time, I cannot lead you alone;

10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are now as numerous as the stars of heaven;

11 May the Lord God of your fathers multiply you a thousand times as many as you are now, and bless you, as he said to you,

12 How then shall I bear your burdens, your burdens, and your strife?

13 Ye shall choose men after your tribes who are wise, prudent, and experienced, and I will make them your rulers.

14 And ye answered me, and said, Thou hast commanded that a good deed be done.

15 And I took the chief of your tribes, men of wisdom, and of experience, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifty, captains of ten, and overseers of your tribes.

16 And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear your brethren, and judge justly, brother to brother, as well as to his stranger;

17 Do not distinguish between persons in judgment, hear both the small and the great: do not fear the face of man, for judgment is the work of God. but bring the matter that is difficult for you, bring it to me, and I will hear it.

18 And I gave unto you at that time commandments concerning all things that ought ye to do.

19 And we departed from Horeb, and went through all this great and dreadful wilderness which ye had seen, on the way to the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God had commanded, and came to Kadesh-barnea.

20 And I said unto you, Ye have come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God giveth us;

21 Behold, the LORD thy God is giving thee this land: go, thou shalt take possession of it, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee, and thou shalt not be afraid, nor be afraid.

22 But you all came to me, and said, 'Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us news of the road by which we shall go, and of the cities into which we shall go.'