Deuteronomy 1:15

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Exod 18:25-26 : 25 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. 26 They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
  • Num 31:14 : 14 Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
  • 1 Sam 8:12 : 12 and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
  • 1 Sam 17:18 : 18 and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news."
  • 1 Sam 22:7 : 7 Saul said to his servants who stood about him, "Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
  • Eph 4:11 : 11 He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

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  • Deut 1:12-14
    3 verses
    88%

    12 How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

    13 Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you."

    14 You answered me, and said, "The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do."

  • Exod 18:25
    82%

    25 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.

  • Exod 18:20-22
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    20 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

    21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

    22 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.

  • Deut 1:16
    77%

    16 I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.

  • 1 Sam 8:11-12
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    76%

    11 He said, "This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;

    12 and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

  • Deut 20:9
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    9 It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.

  • Deut 29:10
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    10 You stand this day all of you before Yahweh your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

  • Num 1:16-17
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    75%

    16 These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

    17 Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.

  • Josh 22:14
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    14 and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.

  • Deut 1:18
    74%

    18 I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.

  • Deut 1:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22 You came near to me everyone of you, and said, "Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come."

    23 The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

  • 1 Chr 13:1
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    1 David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.

  • Num 31:48
    73%

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

  • Num 13:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 "Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them."

    3 Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Yahweh: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 18:1
    72%

    1 David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

  • Deut 16:18
    72%

    18 You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

  • Num 32:28
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    28 So Moses commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel.

  • Num 1:3-4
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    72%

    3 from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.

    4 With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of his fathers' house.

  • Num 30:1
    71%

    1 Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded.

  • Num 34:18
    71%

    18 You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

  • Josh 1:10
    71%

    10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

  • Josh 21:1
    71%

    1 Then the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 1:2
    70%

    2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses].

  • Josh 4:2
    70%

    2 "Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

  • Num 31:26
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    26 "Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the congregation;

  • 1 Chr 29:6
    70%

    6 Then the princes of the fathers' [houses], and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly;

  • Josh 3:12
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    12 Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

  • Deut 33:5
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    5 He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.

  • Josh 18:4
    69%

    4 Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe. I will send them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me.

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    69%

    12 and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

  • Num 31:5
    69%

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

  • Deut 17:14-15
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    69%

    14 When you are come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, "I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me;"

    15 you shall surely set him king over yourselves, whom Yahweh your God shall choose: one from among your brothers you shall set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

  • Num 11:16
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    16 Yahweh 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 Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.

  • Num 27:17
    69%

    17 who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Yahweh not be as sheep which have no shepherd."

  • Deut 31:28
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    28 Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

  • 1 Chr 12:32
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    32 Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their commandment.

  • 1 Chr 11:2
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    2 In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. Yahweh your God said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.'"