Verse 2
And they stood{H5975} before{H6440} Moses,{H4872} and before{H6440} Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} and before{H6440} the princes{H5387} and all the congregation,{H5712} at the door{H6607} of the tent{H168} of meeting,{H4150} saying,{H559}
Referenced Verses
- Exod 18:13-14 : 13 And it came to pass on the morrow,{H4283} that Moses{H4872} sat{H3427} to judge{H8199} the people:{H5971} and the people{H5971} stood{H5975} about Moses{H4872} from the morning{H1242} unto the evening.{H6153} 14 And when Moses'{H4872} father-in-law{H2859} saw{H7200} all that he did{H6213} to the people,{H5971} he said,{H559} What is this thing{H1697} that thou doest{H6213} to the people?{H5971} why sittest{H3427} thou thyself alone, and all the people{H5971} stand{H5324} about thee from morning{H1242} unto even?{H6153}
- Exod 18:19-26 : 19 Hearken{H8085} now unto my voice,{H6963} I will give thee counsel,{H3289} and God{H430} be{H1961} with thee: be thou for the people{H5971} to Godward,{H4136} and bring{H935} thou the causes{H1697} unto God:{H430} 20 and thou shalt teach{H2094} them the statutes{H2706} and the laws,{H8451} and shalt show{H3045} them the way{H1870} wherein they must walk,{H3212} and the work{H4639} that they must do.{H6213} 21 Moreover thou shalt provide{H2372} out of all the people{H5971} able{H2428} men,{H582} such as fear{H3373} God,{H430} men{H582} of truth,{H571} hating{H8130} unjust gain;{H1215} and place{H7760} such over them, to be rulers{H8269} of thousands,{H505} rulers{H8269} of hundreds,{H3967} rulers{H8269} of fifties,{H2572} and rulers{H8269} of tens:{H6235} 22 and let them judge{H8199} the people{H5971} at all seasons:{H6256} and it shall be, that every great{H1419} matter{H1697} they shall bring{H935} unto thee, but every small{H6996} matter{H1697} they shall judge{H8199} themselves: so shall it be easier{H7043} for thyself, and they shall bear{H5375} [the burden] with thee. 23 If thou shalt do{H6213} this thing,{H1697} and God{H430} command{H6680} thee so, then thou shalt be able{H3201} to endure,{H5975} and all this people{H5971} also shall go{H935} to their place{H4725} in peace.{H7965} 24 So Moses{H4872} hearkened{H8085} to the voice{H6963} of his father-in-law,{H2859} and did{H6213} all that he had said.{H559} 25 And Moses{H4872} chose{H977} able{H2428} men{H582} out of all Israel,{H3478} and made{H5414} them heads{H7218} over the people,{H5971} rulers{H8269} of thousands,{H505} rulers{H8269} of hundreds,{H3967} rulers{H8269} of fifties,{H2572} and rulers{H8269} of tens.{H6235} 26 And they judged{H8199} the people{H5971} at all seasons:{H6256} the hard{H7186} causes{H1697} they brought{H935} unto Moses,{H4872} but every small{H6996} matter{H1697} they judged{H8199} themselves.
- Num 15:33-34 : 33 And they that found{H4672} him gathering{H7197} sticks{H6086} brought{H7126} him unto Moses{H4872} and Aaron,{H175} and unto all the congregation.{H5712} 34 And they put{H3240} him in ward,{H4929} because it had not been declared{H6567} what should be done{H6213} to him.
- Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If there arise a matter{H1697} too hard{H6381} for thee in judgment,{H4941} between blood{H1818} and blood,{H1818} between plea{H1779} and plea,{H1779} and between stroke{H5061} and stroke,{H5061} being matters{H1697} of controversy{H7379} within thy gates;{H8179} then shalt thou arise,{H6965} and get thee up{H5927} unto the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose;{H977} 9 and thou shalt come{H935} unto the priests{H3548} the Levites,{H3881} and unto the judge{H8199} that shall be in those days:{H3117} and thou shalt inquire;{H1875} and they shall show{H5046} thee the sentence{H1697} of judgment.{H4941} 10 And thou shalt do{H6213} according to the tenor of the sentence{H6310} which they shall show{H5046} thee from that place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} shall choose;{H977} and thou shalt observe{H8104} to do{H6213} according to all that they shall teach{H3384} thee: