Deuteronomy 1:13
Set forth for you—men wise and discerning, and known to your tribes,—that I may appoint them to be heads over you.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
12How should I carry by myself the fatigue of you and the burden of you and your controversies?
14And ye answered me,—and said, Good, is the word which thou hast spoken to be done.
Cross References
Exodus 18:21Thou thyself, therefore shalt look out, from among all the people—men of ability, reverers of God, men of fidelity, haters of extortion,—and place them over [them] as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Acts 1:21It is needful then that, of the men who companied with us during all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in and went out over 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 →