<p class="poetry">There is little Benjamin, their ruler,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the princes of Judah in their robes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">along with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.p>

<p class="poetry">The officials of Zoan are fools,p> <p class="poetry">the officials of Memphis<n id="1" /> are misled;p> <p class="poetry">the rulers<n id="2" /> of her tribes lead Egypt astray.p>

But Sarai was barren; she had no children.p>

Going after them were Hoshaiah, half the leaders of Judah,

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> he says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Are not my officials all kings?p>

<p class="bodytext">Abram said to Sarai, &#8220;Since your<n id="1" /> servant is under your authority,<n id="2" /> do to her whatever you think best.&#8221;<n id="3" /> Then Sarai treated Hagar<n id="4" /> harshly,<n id="5" /> so she ran away from Sarai.<n id="6" />p>

He said, &#8220;Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?&#8221; She replied, &#8220;I&#8217;m running away from<n id="1" /> my mistress, Sarai.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then God said to Abraham, &#8220;As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai;<n id="1" /> Sarah<n id="2" /> will be her name.

<t /><p class="bodytext">David consulted with his military officers, including those who led groups of a thousand and those who led groups of a hundred.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">David ordered all the officials of Israel to support<n id="1" /> his son Solomon.

<p class="bodytext">David<n id="1" /> assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.

<p class="bodytext">Azarel son of Jeroham led Dan.p> <p class="bodytext">These were the commanders of the Israelite tribes.p>

The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> is just.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">So I defiled your holy princes,p> <p class="poetry">and handed Jacob over to destruction,p> <p class="poetry">and subjected<n id="1" /> Israel to humiliating abuse.&#8221;p>

But you choose<n id="1" /> from the people capable men,<n id="2" /> God-fearing,<n id="3" /> men of truth,<n id="4" /> those who hate bribes,<n id="5" /> and put them over the people<n id="6" /> as rulers<n id="7" /> of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

When Pharaoh&#8217;s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram&#8217;s wife<n id="1" /> was taken<n id="2" /> into the household of Pharaoh,<n id="3" />

So the princes of Moab departed<n id="1" /> and went back to Balak and said, &#8220;Balaam refused to come with us.&#8221;p>

So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.p>

<p class="bodytext">So he returned to him, and he was still<n id="1" /> standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.