Verse 2

And he toke ten men of the elders of the citie, and said: sit ye downe here. And they sat downe.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 31:23 : 23 Her husbande is much set by in the gates, when he sitteth among the rulers of the lande.
• 1 Kgs 21:8 : 8 And so she wrote a letter in Ahabs name, and sealed it with his seale, and sent the letter vnto the elders, and to the nobles that were in his citie dwelling with Naboth.
• Lam 5:14 : 14 The elders sit no more vnder the gates, and the young men vse no more playing of musicke.
• Acts 6:12 : 12 And they moued the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came vppon hym, and caught him, and brought him to the counsell.
• Exod 18:21-22 : 21 Moreouer, thou shalt seeke out among all the people, men of actiuitie and such as feare God, true men hating couetousnes, and place of these ouer the people rulers of thousandes, rulers of hundrethes, rulers of fiftithes, and rulers of tennes, 22 And let them iudge the people at all seasons: and euery great matter that commeth, let them bryng vnto thee, but let them iudge all small causes them selues, and so shall it be easier for thy selfe, and they shall beare a burthen with thee.
• Exod 21:8 : 8 If she please not her maister, who hath nowe promised her mariage, then shall he let her redeeme her selfe: To sell her vnto a straunge nation shall he haue no power, seyng he despised her.
• Deut 29:10 : 10 Ye stande this day euery one of you before the Lorde your God: your captaynes, your tribes, your elders, your officers, and all the men of Israel:
• Deut 31:28 : 28 Gather vnto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speake these wordes in their eares, and call heauen and earth to recorde against them.