Deuteronomy 1:13

הָבוּ לָכֶם אֲנָשִׁים חֲכָמִים וּנְבֹנִים וִידֻעִים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶם וַאֲשִׂימֵם בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

In Context

12אֵיכָה אֶשָּׂא לְבַדִּי טָרְחֲכֶם וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶם וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם ׃

14וַֽתַּעֲנוּ אֹתִי וַתֹּאמְרוּ טֽוֹב ־ הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר ־ דִּבַּרְתָּ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 18:21וְאַתָּה תֶחֱזֶה מִכָּל ־ הָעָם אַנְשֵׁי ־ חַיִל יִרְאֵי אֱלֹהִים אַנְשֵׁי אֱמֶת שֹׂנְאֵי בָצַע וְשַׂמְתָּ עֲלֵהֶם שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים שָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת שָׂרֵי חֲמִשִּׁים וְשָׂרֵי עֲשָׂרֹֽת ׃

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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