World English Bible
Deuteronomy 1:13
“Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 1
11
Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!
12
How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13
Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
14
You answered me, and said, "The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do.
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So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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