Deuteronomy 1:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.””
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“Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 1:13 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 41:33Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 18:21Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
- Numbers 11:16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
- Acts 1:21Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
- Acts 6:2So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).