## and men of good repute ##

"and men that the people respect"

## of thousands...of hundreds...of fifties...of tens ##

"of groups of 1,000...of groups of 100...of groups of 50...and groups of 10" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

## captain...officers ##

These are titles for different positions in Israel's government. The officer had less authority than the captains.

## tribe by tribe ##

"from each of your tribes"

## judge righteously between a man and his brother ##

"make right and fair decisions for each man and his fellow Israelite"