Select wise and practical<n id="1" /> men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.&#8221;

So I chose<n id="1" /> as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.

In the morning you must approach in tribal order.<n id="1" /> The tribe the <sc>Lordsc> selects<n id="2" /> must approach by clans. The clan the <sc>Lordsc> selects must approach by families.<n id="3" /> The family the <sc>Lordsc> selects must approach man by man.<n id="4" />

See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations,<n id="1" /> from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea<n id="2" /> in the west, including all the nations I defeated.<n id="3" />

But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, &#8220;No!<n id="1" /> Appoint a king over us.&#8221; Now take your positions before the <sc>Lordsc> by your tribes and by your clans.&#8217;&#8221;p>