Exodus 18:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

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  • Deut 1:15 : 15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and known men, and made them leaders over you, captains over thousands, captains over hundreds, captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
  • Exod 18:21 : 21 Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
  • Acts 6:5 : 5 This proposal pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.

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  • Exod 18:20-24
    5 verses
    84%

    20And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.

    21Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

    22And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves; so it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you.

    23If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will go to their place in peace.

    24So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he said.

  • Deut 1:13-15
    3 verses
    82%

    13Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men among your tribes, and I will make them leaders over you.

    14And you answered me and said, The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do.

    15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and known men, and made them leaders over you, captains over thousands, captains over hundreds, captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

  • Exod 18:26
    80%

    26And they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

  • Num 31:47-48
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    74%

    47Even from the children of Israel's half, Moses took one out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites who kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

    48And the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,

  • Num 1:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16These were the renowned of the congregation, leaders of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

    17And Moses and Aaron took these men who were named.

  • Num 30:1
    73%

    1And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD has commanded.

  • Num 11:16
    72%

    16And the LORD said to Moses, Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with you.

  • Num 13:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    2Send men that they may explore the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.

    3And Moses, by the command of the LORD, sent them from the wilderness of Paran. All those men were leaders of the children of Israel.

  • Num 11:24
    72%

    24And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them around the tabernacle.

  • Num 32:28
    72%

    28So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,

  • Exod 19:7
    71%

    7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.

  • 1 Sam 8:12
    71%

    12And he will appoint captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and equipment for his chariots.

  • Josh 22:14
    71%

    14And with him ten leaders, one chief leader from each house throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

  • Exod 18:13-16
    4 verses
    71%

    13And it happened on the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood by Moses from morning until evening.

    14When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand by you from morning to evening?

    15And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

    16When they have a dispute, they come to me, and I judge between one and another, and make them know the statutes of God and His laws.

  • Num 31:14
    70%

    14And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, who came from the battle.

  • 2 Sam 18:1
    70%

    1And David counted the people who were with him, and appointed captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

  • Exod 4:29
    70%

    29And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.

  • Num 1:19
    69%

    19As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

  • Num 31:5
    69%

    5So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

  • Num 25:5
    69%

    5And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay each of his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.

  • Num 16:2
    69%

    2And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the assembly, distinguished in the congregation, men of renown.

  • Num 11:30
    69%

    30And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

  • Deut 16:18
    69%

    18Judges and officers you shall make for yourself in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

  • Num 27:15-17
    3 verses
    69%

    15And Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

    16Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

    17Who may go out before them and who may come in before them, who may lead them out and who may bring them in; so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.

  • Deut 33:5
    68%

    5And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

  • Deut 20:9
    68%

    9And it shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

  • Num 3:42
    68%

    42And Moses counted, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

  • Num 29:40
    68%

    40And Moses told the children of Israel everything the LORD commanded him.

  • Num 27:22
    68%

    22And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation:

  • Num 4:34
    68%

    34And Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by the house of their fathers,

  • Num 31:3
    68%

    3And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to avenge the LORD on Midian.

  • 2 Chr 8:10
    68%

    10These were the chief officers of King Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people.