Every city was governed by elders (Judges 8:14). For the number “ten,” compare Exodus 18:25. Probably the presence of at least ten elde…

And he took ten men of the elders of the city
Who were such, not merely in age but in office, who were the heads of …

This matter depended on the laws given by Moses about inheritances, and undoubtedly the whole was settled in the regular and legal manner. This kin…