Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Midrash for Sanhedrin 32:16

תניא כוותיה דר"י אין עושין שלש עיירות מנודחות בארץ ישראל אבל עושין אותם שתים כגון אחת ביהודה ואחת בגליל אבל שתים ביהודה ושתים בגליל אין עושין וסמוכה לספר אפילו אחת אין עושין מאי טעמא שמא ישמעו נכרים ויחריבו את ארץ ישראל

is set over all the others, as it is written,&nbsp;… <i>shalt thou make thee</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which indicates that the whole of Israel was to be treated as a corporate unit. ');"><sup>30</sup></span> Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel said: [The immediate connection] of '<i>they shall judge</i>' and '<i>for thy tribes'</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The verse reads, Judges&nbsp;… shalt thou make thee&nbsp;… for (E.V. throughout) thy tribes, and they shall judge&nbsp;… thus; 'for thy tribes' is coupled with 'and they shall judge'. ');"><sup>31</sup></span>

Sifrei Devarim

(Devarim 16:18) "Judges and officers shall you appoint for yourself": Whence is it derived that a beth-din is appointed for all of Israel? From "Judges … shall you appoint for yourself." And whence is it derived that (police) officers are appointed for all of Israel? From "… officers shall you appoint for yourself."
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