 Interpreting the Rabbis taught in a Baraita that since the nation numbered about 600,000 men, the chiefs of thousands amounted to 600; those of hundreds, 6,000; those of fifties, 12,000; and those of tens, 60,000.Hence they taught that the number of officers in Israel totaled 78,600.Rabbi Johanan interpreted the words "And I charged your judges at that time" in to teach that judges were to resort to the rod and the lash with caution.