"Appoint judges and other officials in every town that the LORD your God gives you. These men are to judge the people impartially.

They are not to be unjust or show partiality in their judgments; and they are not to accept bribes, for gifts blind the eyes even of wise and honest men, and cause them to give wrong decisions.

After that, the Israelites said to Gideon, "Be our ruler---you and your descendants after you. You have saved us from the Midianites."

Gideon answered, "I will not be your ruler, nor will my son. The LORD will be your ruler."

He appointed judges in each of the fortified cities of Judah

and instructed them: "Be careful in pronouncing judgment; you are not acting on human authority, but on the authority of the LORD, and he is with you when you pass sentence.

I put two men in charge of governing the city of Jerusalem: my brother Hanani and Hananiah, commanding officer of the fortress. Hananiah was a reliable and God-fearing man without equal.

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the holy angels I solemnly call upon you to obey these instructions without showing any prejudice or favor to anyone in anything you do.

Tell of it, you that ride on white donkeys, sitting on saddles, and you that must walk wherever you go.

He had thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys. They had thirty cities in the land of Gilead, which are still called the villages of Jair.

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon led Israel for eight years,