So I took the chief Not in authority, but in endowments for governing. And officers Inferior officers, that were to attend upon the superior magistrates, and to execute their decrees.
Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 1:15
Deuteronomy 1:15
15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and madee them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.