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Deuteronomy 1:13

WisdomAuthority and leadership

11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.

12 But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?

Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”

14 And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”

15 So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
KJV
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
WEB
Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
ASV
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
DARBY
Provide you wise and understanding and known men, according to your tribes, that I may make them your chiefs.
BLB
Choose for yourselves men, wise and understanding and knowledgeable, from among your⁺ tribes, and I will appoint them as your⁺ heads.”
ÅB
Kom med noen vise og forstandige og prøvede menn fra hver av deres stammer! Så vil jeg sette dem til høvdinger over dere.
OTB
Velg kloke, forstandige og respekterte menn fra hver av deres stammer, og jeg vil utnevne dem til deres ledere.'
B1930
Kom med nogen vise og forstandige og prøvede menn fra hver av eders stammer! Så vil jeg sette dem til høvdinger over eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 18:21

    Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

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  • Acts 1:21–23

    Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

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  • Numbers 11:16–17

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.

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  • Acts 6:2–6

    So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

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