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Deuteronomy 1:13
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
Deuteronomy 1:13 · American Standard Version
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Deuteronomy 1:13 in other translations
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
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In context
10 Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
11 Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!
12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.
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