Numbers 27:2

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They came before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs and all the people at the door of the Tent of meeting, and said,

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  • Exod 18:13-14 : 13 Now 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. 14 And 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?
  • Exod 18:19-26 : 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. 23 If 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. 24 So Moses took note of the words of his father-in-law, and did as he had said. 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 15:33-34 : 33 And those who saw him getting sticks took him before Moses and Aaron and all the people. 34 And they had him shut up, because they had no directions about what was to be done with him.
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God; 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:

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  • Num 32:2
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    2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,

  • Josh 17:3-4
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    78%

    3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

    4 And they came before Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, The Lord gave orders to Moses to give us a heritage among our brothers: so in agreement with the orders of the Lord he gave them a heritage among their father's brothers.

  • Num 27:3-7
    5 verses
    77%

    3 Death overtook our father in the waste land; he was not among those who were banded together with Korah against the Lord; but death came to him in his sin; and he had no sons.

    4 Why is the name of our father to be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give us a heritage among our father's brothers.

    5 So Moses put their cause before the Lord.

    6 And the Lord said to Moses,

    7 What the daughters of Zelophehad say is right: certainly you are to give them a heritage among their father's brothers: and let the property which would have been their father's go to them.

  • Num 27:1
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    1 Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, came forward: their names are Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

  • Num 36:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 Now the heads of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came to Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being present,

    2 And said, The Lord gave orders to my lord to make distribution of the land as their heritage to the children of Israel: and my lord was ordered by the Lord to give the heritage of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters.

  • Num 26:3
    74%

    3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest gave them the order in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, saying,

  • Num 16:26-27
    2 verses
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    26 And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins.

    27 So on every side they went away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram: and Dathan and Abiram came out to the door of their tents, with their wives and their sons and their little ones.

  • Josh 21:1
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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;

  • Lev 9:5
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    5 And they took the things ordered by Moses, before the Tent of meeting, and all the people came near, waiting before the Lord.

  • Num 16:42-43
    2 verses
    73%

    42 Now when the people had come together against Moses and Aaron, looking in the direction of the Tent of meeting, they saw the cloud covering it, and the glory of the Lord came before their eyes.

    43 Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of meeting.

  • Num 31:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 And the prisoners and the goods and everything they had taken, they took to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the people of Israel, to the tent-circle in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

    13 Then Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs of the people went out to them before they had come into the tent-circle.

  • Josh 22:15
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    15 And they came to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and said to them,

  • Num 36:10
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    10 So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord gave orders to Moses:

  • Num 16:23
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    23 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 25:6
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    6 Then one of the children of Israel came to his brothers, taking with him a woman of Midian, before the eyes of Moses and all the meeting of the people, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of meeting.

  • Num 1:17
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    17 And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;

  • Num 16:2-3
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    2 And 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.

    3 They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?

  • Num 27:15
    71%

    15 Then Moses said to the Lord,

  • Lev 27:1
    70%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 2:1
    70%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Num 32:28
    70%

    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 3:5
    70%

    5 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 16:18-20
    3 verses
    70%

    18 So every man took his vessel and they put fire in them, with spices, and came to the door of the Tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

    19 And Korah made all the people come together against them to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.

    20 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Exod 32:26
    70%

    26 Then Moses took his place at the way into the tents, and said, Whoever is on the Lord's side, let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi came together to him.

  • Num 14:5
    69%

    5 Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.

  • Num 31:54
    69%

    54 Then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold given by the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and took it into the Tent of meeting, to be a sign in memory of the children of Israel before the Lord.

  • Josh 22:21
    69%

    21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,

  • Num 8:23
    69%

    23 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 27:22
    68%

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

  • Num 4:1
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Lev 8:3
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    3 And let all the people come together at the door of the Tent of meeting.

  • Num 4:21
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    21 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 16:8
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    8 And Moses said to Korah, Give ear now, you sons of Levi:

  • Num 26:9
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    9 And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram who had a place in the meeting of the people, who together with Korah made an outcry against Moses and Aaron and against the Lord:

  • Num 7:4
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    4 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 20:6
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    6 Then Moses and Aaron went away from the people to the door of the Tent of meeting; and, falling on their faces there, they saw the glory of the Lord.

  • Num 31:25
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    25 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 3:11
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    11 And the Lord said to Moses,