Exodus 18:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Deut 1:15 : 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.
  • 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;
  • Acts 6:5 : 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:

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  • Exod 18:20-24
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    20Teaching 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.

    21But 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;

    22And 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.

    23If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace.

    24So Moses took note of the words of his father-in-law, and did as he had said.

  • Deut 1:13-15
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    13Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

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

    15So 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.

  • Exod 18:26
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    26And 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 31:47-48
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    47Even from the children of Israel's half, Moses took one out of every fifty, men and beasts, and gave them to the Levites who had the care of the House of the Lord; as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

    48Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,

  • Num 1:16-17
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    16These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.

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

  • Num 30:1
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    1So Moses gave the children of Israel all these directions as the Lord had given him orders.

  • Num 11:16
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    16And 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.

  • Num 13:1-3
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    1And the Lord said to Moses,

    2Send 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.

    3And 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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    24And Moses went out and gave the people the words of the Lord: and he took seventy of the responsible men of the people, placing them round the Tent.

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    28So 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.

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    7And Moses came and sent for the chiefs of the people and put before them all these words which the Lord had given him orders to say.

  • 1 Sam 8:12
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    12And 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.

  • Josh 22:14
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    14And 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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    13Now on the day after, Moses took his seat to give decisions for the people: and the people were waiting before Moses from morning till evening.

    14And when Moses' father-in-law saw all he was doing, he said, What is this you are doing for the people? why are you seated here by yourself, with all the people waiting before you from morning till evening?

    15And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God:

    16And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.

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    14And 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.

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    1And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

  • Exod 4:29
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    29Then Moses and Aaron went and got together all the chiefs of the children of Israel:

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    19As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.

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    5So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.

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    5So Moses said to the judges of Israel, Let everyone put to death those of his men who have had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor.

  • Num 16:2
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    2And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.

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    30Then Moses, with the responsible men of Israel, went back to the tent-circle.

  • Deut 16:18
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    18You 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 27:15-17
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    15Then Moses said to the Lord,

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

    17To 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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    5And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel came together.

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    9Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.

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    42So Moses had all the first sons among the children of Israel numbered, as the Lord said to him.

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    22So Moses did as the Lord said: he took Joshua and put him before Eleazar the priest and the meeting of the people:

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  • 2 Chr 8:10
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    10Now these were the chief men in authority whom King Solomon had: two hundred and fifty of them, in authority over the people.