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Deuteronomy 1:13

World English Bible

Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”

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Deuteronomy 1:13 in other translations

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

Deuteronomy 1:13 in context

  1. 11Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you!
  2. 12How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?
  3. 13Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
  4. 14You answered me, and said, “The thing which you have spoken is good to do.”
  5. 15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and respected men, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.