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…

I am not able to bear you myself alone. —Repeated almost exactly from Numbers 11:14.

And I spoke to you at that time. He does not say here that the counsel regarding the appointment of the judges was suggested to him from a…

And I spoke to you at that time
About that time; for it was after the rock in Horeb was smitten, and before they enc…

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 …