Verse 13
Deuteronomy 1:13
Noah Webster Bible
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Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers 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
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These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on the east side of Jordan in the wilderness, in...
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(There are eleven days journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.)
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And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that...
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After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan,...
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On the east side of Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
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The LORD our God (Elohim) spoke to us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
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Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and to all the places nigh to...
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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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And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
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The LORD your God (Elohim) hath multiplied you, and behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven f...
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(The LORD God (Elohim) of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are , and bless...
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How can I alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
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13
Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over y...
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And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
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So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over...
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And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge rig...
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Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall...
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And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
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And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye sa...
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And I said to you, Ye have come to the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God (Elohim) dot...
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Behold, the LORD thy God (Elohim) hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it , as the LORD...
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And ye came near to me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall explor...
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And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
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And they turned and ascended the mountain, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and explored it.
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And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought us wor...
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Notwithstanding, ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God (Eloh...
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And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth from th...
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Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people are greater and...
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Then I said to you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
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The LORD your God (Elohim) who goeth before you; he shall fight for you, according to all that he di...
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And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how the LORD thy God (Elohim) bore thee, as a man doth b...
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Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God (Elohim),
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Who went in the way before you, to search out for you a place to pitch your tents in , in fire by ni...
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And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying,
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Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I swore to...
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Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trod...
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Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
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But Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither. Encourage him: for he s...
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Moreover, your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had...
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But as for you, turn ye, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
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Then ye answered and said to me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according...
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And the LORD said to me, Say to them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be s...
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So I spoke to you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and pres...
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And the Amorites, who dwelt on that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and...
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And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear...
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So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according to the days that ye abode there .
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