Deuteronomy 1:17-19

New English Translation

¹⁷ They^[a] must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly^[b] and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

Instructions at Kadesh Barnea

¹⁸ So I instructed you at that time regarding everything you should do. ¹⁹ Then we left Horeb and passed through all that immense, forbidding wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the Lord our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea.