Deuteronomy 1:6

6 “Yahweh our God ^aspoke to us at Horeb, saying, ‘You have ¹stayed long enough at this mountain.

Deuteronomy 1:9-15

9 “And I spoke to you at that time, saying, ‘^aI am not able to bear the burden of you alone. 10 Yahweh your God has ^amultiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number. 11 May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, ^ajust as He has ¹promised you! 12 How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife? 13 ¹^aChoose wise and understanding and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’ 14 Then you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’ 15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and gave them as heads over you, leaders of thousands and ¹of hundreds, ¹of fifties and ¹of tens, and officers for your tribes.