Verse 2

Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 31:23 : 23 Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.
• 1 Kgs 21:8 : 8 So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth.
• Lam 5:14 : 14 The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.
• Acts 6:12 : 12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,
• Exod 18:21-22 : 21 But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens; 22 And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.
• Exod 21:8 : 8 If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.
• Deut 29:10 : 10 You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,
• Deut 31:28 : 28 Get together before me all those who are in authority in your tribes, and your overseers, so that I may say these things in their hearing, and make heaven and earth my witnesses against them.