Deuteronomy 1:9-18

THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES AND THE ASSIGNMENT OF THEIR DUTIES, Deuteronomy 1:9-18.

For a more particular statement see Exodus 18:13-26, where it is said Moses adopted this plan at the counsel of Jethro. He tells the people he had provided, for the organization of the nation, a government by men of their own choice, but to be installed by himself and to receive directions as to their duties from him. They were well organized for their onward march. And to remind them of God’s faithfulness to his word, he tells them of the increase of the nation as Jehovah had promised to Abraham, Genesis 15:5.