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Deuteronomy 1:13
Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
Deuteronomy 1:13 · World English Bible
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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 and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you."
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In context
10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as the stars of the sky for multitude.
11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you!
12 How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?
13 Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
14 You answered me, and said, “The thing which you have spoken is good to do.”
15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and respected men, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
16 I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
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