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Deuteronomy 31:28

Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

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ASV

Assemble unto 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.

KJV

Gather unto 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 record against them.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַקְהִ֧ילוּhak.Hi.luassembleH6950 →
אֵלַ֛י'e.Laito meH413 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
זִקְנֵ֥יzik.Nei[the] elders ofH2205 →
שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֖םshiv.tei.Khemtribes yourH7626 →
וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶ֑םve.sho.te.rei.Khemand officials yourH7860 →
וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣הva.'a.da.be.Rahand let me speakH1696 →
בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗םve.'a.ze.nei.Hemin ears theirH241 →
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>H853 →
הַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697 →
הָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
וְאָעִ֣ידָהve.'a.'I.dahso I may call as witnessesH5749 →
בָּ֔םBamagainst <the> them
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →

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Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.Psalms 50:4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,Luke 19:40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”Joshua 23:2he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.Deuteronomy 31:12Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.Deuteronomy 29:10All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,Genesis 49:1–2Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:Numbers 11:16–17Then 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.Ruth 4:2Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.Deuteronomy 31:9So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.Job 20:27The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.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.2 Kings 23:1Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.Exodus 18:25So Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

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