15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, ^gcommanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge ^hrighteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.

18 “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people ⁱwith righteous judgment.

15 you may indeed set a king over you ^xwhom the Lord your God will choose. ^yOne from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.