Deuteronomy 1:13
Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
World Messianic Bible
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In Context
12How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?
14You answered me, and said, “The thing which you have spoken is good to do.”
Cross References
Exodus 18:21Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Acts 1:21“Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Yeshua went in and out among us,
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 →