Deuteronomy 1:13

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

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

Deuteronomy 1:13 — American Standard Version

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Context — Deuteronomy 1

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10Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

11Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!

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

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

14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.

15So 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.

16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.

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