Exodus 18:26

26And athey judged the people at all times. Any hard case they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.

Deuteronomy 1:15

15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, band set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes.

Deuteronomy 17:18

18“And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, che shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, dapproved by
Hebrew from before
the Levitical priests.
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