Deuteronomy 1:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men among your tribes, and I will make them leaders over you.

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  • Exod 18:21 : 21 Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
  • Num 11:16-17 : 16 And the LORD 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 tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with you. 17 And I will come down and talk with you there, and I will take of the Spirit which is upon you, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you do not bear it yourself alone.
  • Acts 1:21-23 : 21 Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 Beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrection. 23 And they proposed two: Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
  • Acts 6:2-6 : 2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them and said, It is not right that we should leave the word of God to serve tables. 3 Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this duty. 4 But we will devote ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word. 5 This proposal pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch. 6 They set them before the apostles, and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

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  • Deut 1:14-18
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    88%

    14And you answered me and said, The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do.

    15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and known men, and made them leaders over you, captains over thousands, captains over hundreds, captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

    16And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger who is with him.

    17You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.

    18And I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.

  • Deut 1:12
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    12How can I alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your complaints?

  • Exod 18:19-22
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    19Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you. Be for the people a representative to God, that you may bring the causes to God.

    20And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.

    21Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

    22And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves; so it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you.

  • Exod 18:25
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    25And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

  • 1 Sam 12:13
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    13Now therefore behold the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have desired! and, behold, the LORD has set a king over you.

  • Deut 17:14-15
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    14When you come to the land which the LORD your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, 'I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,'

    15you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses: one from among your brothers you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

  • Num 13:1-2
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    1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    2Send men that they may explore the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.

  • Deut 1:22-23
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    22And every one of you came near to me, and said, Let us send men before us, and they shall search out the land for us, and bring us back word of the way we must go up and of the cities we will come to.

    23And the plan pleased me well: so I took twelve men of you, one man for each tribe:

  • Ezra 7:25
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    25And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, set magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach those who do not know them.

  • Deut 29:10
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    10You stand this day all of you before the LORD your God: your leaders of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,

  • Deut 16:18
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    18Judges and officers you shall make for yourself in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

  • Num 1:4
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    4And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his fathers' house.

  • 1 Kgs 12:9
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    9and he said to them, What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which your father put upon us lighter?

  • Josh 4:2
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    2Take twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

  • Josh 3:12
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    12Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.

  • Num 11:16-17
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    16And the LORD 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 tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with you.

    17And I will come down and talk with you there, and I will take of the Spirit which is upon you, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you do not bear it yourself alone.

  • Isa 3:2
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    2The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the wise, and the elder,

  • 1 Sam 8:11-12
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    11And he said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for his own use, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

    12And he will appoint captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and equipment for his chariots.

  • Num 27:16-17
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    16Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

    17Who may go out before them and who may come in before them, who may lead them out and who may bring them in; so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.

  • 2 Chr 10:9
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    9And he said to them, What advice do you give that we may return an answer to this people who have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that your father did put upon us?

  • Num 1:16-17
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    16These were the renowned of the congregation, leaders of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

    17And Moses and Aaron took these men who were named.

  • 1 Kgs 11:37
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    37And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

  • Hos 13:10
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    10I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes?

  • Josh 18:4
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    4Select three men from each tribe, and I will send them. They shall rise and go through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance, and return to me.

  • 2 Chr 1:10
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    10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this your people, that is so great?

  • 1 Kgs 3:9
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    9Therefore give your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil: for who is able to judge this your great people?

  • Deut 17:9-10
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    9and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment.

    10You shall do according to the decision they give you at the place which the LORD chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you.

  • Josh 22:14
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    14And with him ten leaders, one chief leader from each house throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

  • Num 34:18
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    18And you shall take one leader of every tribe to divide the land by inheritance.

  • Deut 1:9
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    9And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

  • 1 Chr 13:1
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    1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.