Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
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Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
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Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
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Get you, from each one of your tribes, wise men, and understanding, and full of knowledge, and I will make them heads over you.'
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 1:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 18:21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
- Numbers 11:16-17 Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you. I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you don’t bear it yourself alone.
- Acts 1:21-23 “Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.” They put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.
- Acts 6:2-6 The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables. Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.” These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch; whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Whose godliness and uprightness is known.
Whose godliness and uprightness is known.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Persons of knowledge, wisdom, and experience, men famous, and…
Persons of knowledge, wisdom, and experience, men famous, and had in reputation, for ability and integrity; for to such they would more readily submit.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. Take you wise men] חכמים chachamim, such…
Verse 13. Take you wise men] חכמים chachamim, such as had gained knowledge by great labour and study. Understanding נבנים nebonim, persons of discernment, judicious men. Known, ידעים yeduim, persons practised in the operations of nature, capable of performing curious and important works.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. Take you] Heb. Give yourselves: Jos_18:4. The people…
13. Take you] Heb. Give yourselves: Jos_18:4. The people themselves are to elect as in Deu_16:18, consistently with the emphasis, so frequent in D, on the judicial responsibilities of the whole people. In E, Exo_18:25 (cp. Num_11:16), Moses chooses.
wise men, and understanding, and known] With the LXX some take the last term as synonymous with the others; either reading as in the Heb. the pass. part. experienced, or the act. Part. knowing. The pass. part. is perhaps the better, but as meaning known: men reputed for their judicial gifts, as among the Arabs to-day. While here the emphasis is laid on intellectual gifts, which, however, in D always include the moral; E, Exo_18:21, more definitely expresses the latter: men of power (Dri. capable, worthy), fearing God, men of troth, hating unjust gain.
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according to your tribes] E, Exo_18:21; Exo_18:25 : out of, all the people, all Israel. E and D use shebet for tribe, but P’s usual term is maṭṭah.
make them heads over you] Rather, set them as your chiefs.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Take you; literally, give to you or for you,…
Take you; literally, give to you or for you, i.e. yourselves. The selection was to be made by the people themselves. Jethro, in giving Moses the advice on which he thus acted, described the men who were to be selected as "such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness". (Exo_18:21) Moses here describes them rather by qualities, indicating ability and fitness for such a post as that to which they were to be called; they were to be wise (which, indeed, may be regarded as comprehending all good moral qualities); understanding men, men of discernment and sagacity, as well as intelligence; and known among their tribes, men of good repute in the community. ("quorum conversatio sit probata," Vulgate; comp. Act_6:3; 1Ti_3:7) And I will make them rulers over you; literally, will set them for your heads, i.e. will appoint them to act as superintendents, managers, and judges over you.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1:13 Those who were well-respected had lives and reputations…
1:13 Those who were well-respected had lives and reputations that were above reproach, even on close scrutiny.
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