This appointment of the “captains” (Compare to Exodus 18:21 and following) must not be confused with that of the elders in Numbers 11:16 and follow…

In these words Moses appears to combine the recollection of two distinct things:

1. The advice of Jethro (Exodus 18), by foll…

Take you wise men. From this it appears more plainly that those who were to preside in judgment were not appointed only by the will of Mos…

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your
tribes
Not only whose pers…

Moses reminds the people of the beneficial arrangement of their government, which could make them all secure and at ease, if it were not their own …