Deuteronomy 1:13 BSB

Deuteronomy 1:13

Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Take you wise men - חכמים chachamim, such as had gained knowledge by great labor and study. Understanding נבנים nebonim, persons of discernment, judicious men. Known, ידעים yeduim, persons practiced in the operations of nature, capable of performing curious and important works.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The rise and origin of this nation were so late that none of them could pretend to antiquity of race, and nobility of birth, above their brethren; and, having all lately come out of slavery in Egypt, it is probable that one family was not much richer than another; so that their choice must be directed purely by the qualifications of wisdom, experience, and integrity.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הָב֣וּ	ha.Vu	provide	H3051 →
לָ֠כֶם	La.khem	for yourselves
אֲנָשִׁ֨ים	'a.na.Shim	men	H582 →
חֲכָמִ֧ים	cha.kha.Mim	wise	H2450 →
וּנְבֹנִ֛ים	u.ne.vo.Nim	and understanding	H995 →
וִידֻעִ֖ים	vi.du.'Im	and known	H3045 →
לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֑ם	le.shiv.tei.Khem	to tribes your	H7626 →
וַאֲשִׂימֵ֖ם	va.'a.si.Mem	so I may appoint them	H7760 →
בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶֽם׃	be.ra.shei.Khem	<in> chiefs your	H7218 →

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Through
Exodus 18:21
Furthermore, 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.
leads to
- Acts 6:3
  Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this responsibility to them
- 2 Chronicles 19:5–10
  He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
- Deuteronomy 1:13–17
  Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
- Deuteronomy 16:18–19
  You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
- 2 Samuel 23:3
  The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Deuteronomy

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Deuteronomy