Verse 2

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 31:23 : 23 Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.
• 1 Kgs 21:8 : 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, [and] that dwelt with Naboth.
• Lam 5:14 : 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
• Acts 6:12 : 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,
• Exod 18:21-22 : 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as 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: 22 and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear [the burden] with thee.
• Exod 21:8 : 8 If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
• Deut 29:10 : 10 Ye stand this day all of you before Jehovah your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,
• Deut 31:28 : 28 Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.