Verse 13
Deuteronomy 1:13
World English Bible, British Edition
13
Take wise men of understanding who are respected amongst your tribes,
and I will make them heads over you.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
הָב֣וּ לָ֠/כֶם אֲנָשִׁ֨ים חֲכָמִ֧ים וּ/נְבֹנִ֛ים וִ/ידֻעִ֖ים לְ/שִׁבְטֵי/כֶ֑ם וַ/אֲשִׂימֵ֖/ם בְּ/רָאשֵׁי/כֶֽם
English Translation
Bring for yourselves wise and discerning men, known to your tribes, and I will place them as heads over you.
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Chapter 1 Context
1
These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in
the wilderness, in the Arab...
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2
It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh
Barnea.
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3
In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month,
Moses spoke to the child...
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4
after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon,
and Og the king of Bashan w...
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5
Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law,
saying,
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6
“The LORD our God (Elohim) spoke to us in Horeb, saying,
‘You have lived long enough at this mountai...
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7
Turn, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites
and to all the places near t...
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8
Behold, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess the land which the LORD
swore to your fath...
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9
I spoke to you at that time, saying, “I am not able to bear you
myself alone.
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10
The LORD your God (Elohim) has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as the
stars of the sky for...
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11
May the LORD, the God (Elohim) of your fathers, make you a thousand times as
many as you are and ble...
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12
How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?
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13
Take wise men of understanding who are respected amongst your tribes,
and I will make them heads ove...
14
You answered me, and said, “The thing which you have spoken is
good to do.”
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15
So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and respected men, and made
them heads over you, captains o...
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16
I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your
brothers and judge righteousl...
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17
You shall not show partiality in judgement; you shall hear the small
and the great alike. You shall...
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18
I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.
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19
We travelled from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible
wilderness which you saw, by th...
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20
I said to you, “You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which
the LORD our God (Elohim) g...
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21
Behold, the LORD your God (Elohim) has set the land before you. Go up, take possession,
as the LORD...
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22
You came near to me, everyone of you, and said, “Let’s send men
before us, that they may search the...
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23
The thing pleased me well. I took twelve of your men, one man
for every tribe.
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24
They turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the valley
of Eshcol, and spied it out.
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25
They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it
down to us, and brought us wor...
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26
Yet you wouldn’t go up, but rebelled against the commandment
of the LORD your God (Elohim).
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27
You murmured in your tents, and said, “Because the LORD hated us, he
has brought us out of the land...
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28
Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our heart melt, saying,
‘The people are greater and ta...
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29
Then I said to you, “Don’t be terrified. Don’t be afraid of them.
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30
The LORD your God (Elohim), who goes before you, he will fight for you, according
to all that he did...
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31
and in the wilderness where you have seen how that the LORD your God (Elohim)
carried you, as a man...
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32
Yet in this thing you didn’t believe the LORD your God (Elohim),
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33
who went before you on the way, to seek out a place for you to pitch
your tents in: in fire by night...
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34
The LORD heard the voice of your words and was angry, and swore, saying,
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35
“Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good
land which I swore to give t...
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36
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it. I will give the
land that he has trodden on to h...
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37
Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, “You
also shall not go in there.
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38
Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, shall go in there. Encourage
him, for he shall cause I...
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39
Moreover your little ones, whom you said would be captured or killed,
your children, who today have...
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40
But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the
way to the Red Sea.”
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41
Then you answered and said to me, “We have sinned against the
LORD. We will go up and fight, accordi...
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42
The LORD said to me, “Tell them, ‘Don’t go up and don’t fight;
for I am not amongst you, lest you be...
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43
So I spoke to you, and you didn’t listen; but you rebelled against
the commandment of the LORD, and...
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44
The Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against you and
chased you as bees do, and be...
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45
You returned and wept before the LORD, but the LORD didn’t listen to
your voice, nor turn his ear to...
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46
So you stayed in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you remained.
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