Rabbi Eleazar, on the authority of Rabbi Simlai, noted that says, "And I charged your judges at that time," while similarly says, "I charged you Israelites at that time." Rabbi Eleazar deduced that meant to warn the Congregation to revere their judges, and meant to warn the judges to be patient with the Congregation. Rabbi Hanan (or some say Rabbi Shabatai) said that this meant that judges must be as patient as Moses, who reports acted "as the nursing father carries the sucking child."