Deuteronomy 1:15-17

Deuteronomy 1:15-17

[15] So I took  the chief  of your tribes,  wise  and known,  and made  them heads  over you, captains  over thousands,  and captains  over hundreds,  and captains  over fifties,  and captains  over tens,  and officers  among your tribes.  [16] And I charged  your judges  at that time,  saying,  Hear  the causes between your brethren,  and judge  righteously  between every man  and his brother,  and the stranger  [17] Ye shall not respect  persons  in judgment;  but ye shall hear  the small  as well as the great;  ye shall not be afraid  of the face  of man;  for the judgment  is God's:  and the cause  that is too hard  for you, bring  it unto me, and I will hear