Deuteronomy 1:15

So I took of you wise and understanding and prudent men, and I set them to rule over you as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and + 1:15 Perhaps, recorders: more lit. instructors in reading and writing.officers to your judges.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And ye answered me and said, The thing which thou hast told us is good to do.

16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear causes between your brethren, and judge rightly between a man and his brother, and the + 1:16 Gr. his stranger.stranger that is with him.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:21And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and thou shalt set over + 18:21 Gr. them.the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

Exodus 24:1And to Moses he said, Go up to the Lord, thou and Aaron and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they shall worship the Lord from a distance.

Deuteronomy 16:18Thou shalt make for thyself judges and officers in thy cities, which the Lord thy God gives thee in thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment:

1 Samuel 17:18And thou shalt carry to the captain of the thousand + 17:18 Lit. the ten cheeses of this milk. these ten cheeses of milk, and thou shalt see how thy brethren fare, and learn what they want.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:10-19

The Charge to Magistrates. ( b. c. 1451.) 9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more 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 among your tribes, and I… Read the whole commentary →

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