13 Bring you men of wisdom and of understanding, and [a]known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you:

14 Then he answered me and said, the thing is good that thou hast commanded us to do.

15 So I took the chief of your tribes, [b]wise and known men, and made them rulers over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifty, and captains over ten, and officers among your tribes.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 1:13 Whose godliness and uprightness is known.
  2. Deuteronomy 1:15 Declaring what sort of men ought to have a public charge, read Exod. 18:31.

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