Deuteronomy 1:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

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  • Exod 18:21 : 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;
  • Num 11:16-17 : 16 And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you. 17 And I will come down and have talk with you there: and I will take some of the spirit which is on you and put it on them, and they will take part of the weight of the people off you, so that you do not have to take it by yourself.
  • Acts 1:21-23 : 21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death. 23 And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.
  • Acts 6:2-6 : 2 And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food. 3 Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business. 4 Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word. 5 And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew: 6 These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

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  • Deut 1:14-18
    5 verses
    88%

    14 And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.

    15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

    16 And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

    17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

    18 And at that time I gave you all the orders which you were to do.

  • Deut 1:12
    78%

    12 How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?

  • Exod 18:19-22
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    78%

    19 Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:

    20 Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do.

    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 18:25
    76%

    25 And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.

  • 1 Sam 12:13
    73%

    13 Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.

  • Deut 17:14-15
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    73%

    14 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it for a heritage and are living in it, if it is your desire to have a king over you, like the other nations round about you;

    15 Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God: let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.

  • Num 13:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

    2 Send men to get knowledge about the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from every tribe of their fathers you are to send a man, every one a chief among them.

  • Deut 1:22-23
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    73%

    22 And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come.

    23 And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;

  • Ezra 7:25
    72%

    25 And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.

  • Deut 29:10
    72%

    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 16:18
    72%

    18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

  • Num 1:4
    71%

    4 And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.

  • 1 Kgs 12:9
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    9 And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

  • Josh 4:2
    71%

    2 Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe,

  • Josh 3:12
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    12 So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.

  • Num 11:16-17
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    71%

    16 And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you.

    17 And I will come down and have talk with you there: and I will take some of the spirit which is on you and put it on them, and they will take part of the weight of the people off you, so that you do not have to take it by yourself.

  • Isa 3:2
    71%

    2 The strong man and the man of war; the judge and the prophet; the man who has knowledge of secret arts, and the man who is wise because of his years;

  • 1 Sam 8:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 And he said, This is the sort of king who will be your ruler: he will take your sons and make them his servants, his horsemen, and drivers of his war-carriages, and they will go running before his war-carriages;

    12 And he will make them captains of thousands and of fifties; some he will put to work ploughing and cutting his grain and making his instruments of war and building his war-carriages.

  • Num 27:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16 Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, put a man at the head of this people,

    17 To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.

  • 2 Chr 10:9
    70%

    9 And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

  • Num 1:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16 These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.

    17 And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;

  • 1 Kgs 11:37
    70%

    37 And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

  • Hos 13:10
    70%

    10 Where is your king, that he may be your saviour? and all your rulers, that they may take up your cause? of whom you said, Give me a king and rulers.

  • Josh 18:4
    70%

    4 Take from among you three men from every tribe; and I will send them to go through the land and make a record of it for distribution as their heritage; then let them come back to me.

  • 2 Chr 1:10
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    10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?

  • 1 Kgs 3:9
    70%

    9 Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

  • Deut 17:9-10
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    70%

    9 And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:

    10 And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:

  • Josh 22:14
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    14 And with him they sent ten chiefs, one for every tribe of the children of Israel, every one of them the head of his house among the families of Israel.

  • Num 34:18
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    18 And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.

  • Deut 1:9
    69%

    9 At that time I said to you, I am not able to undertake the care of you by myself;

  • 1 Chr 13:1
    69%

    1 Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.