Deuteronomy 1:15
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.
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- Exod 18:25-26 : 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. 26 And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.
- Num 31:14 : 14 And Moses was angry with the chiefs of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds who had come back from the war.
- Deut 16:18 : 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.
- 1 Sam 8:12 : 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.
- 1 Sam 17:18 : 18 And take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.
- 1 Sam 22:7 : 7 Then Saul said to his servants who were there about him, Give ear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give to every one of you fields and vine-gardens, will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands;
- Eph 4:11 : 11 And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;
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- Deut 1:12-143 verses88%
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?
13 Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
14 And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.
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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.
- Exod 18:20-223 verses80%
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.
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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.
- 1 Sam 8:11-122 verses76%
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.
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9 Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.
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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,
- Num 1:16-172 verses75%
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;
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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.
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18 And at that time I gave you all the orders which you were to do.
- Deut 1:22-232 verses73%
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;
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1 Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.
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48 Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,
- Num 13:2-32 verses72%
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.
3 And Moses sent them from the waste land of Paran as the Lord gave orders, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
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1 And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.
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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.
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28 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel.
- Num 1:3-42 verses72%
3 All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.
4 And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.
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1 So Moses gave the children of Israel all these directions as the Lord had given him orders.
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18 And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.
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10 Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,
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1 Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel;
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2 And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.
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2 Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe,
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26 Get an account of everything which was taken in the war, of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of families of the people:
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6 Then the heads of families and the chiefs of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the controllers of the king's business, freely gave themselves;
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12 So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.
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5 And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel came together.
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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.
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12 And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.
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5 So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.
- Deut 17:14-152 verses69%
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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32 And of the children of Issachar, there were two hundred chiefs, men who had expert knowledge of the times and what it was best for Israel to do, and all their brothers were under their orders.
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2 In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.