Deuteronomy 1:13

Deuteronomy 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
• New International Version (NIV)Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.’

Context of Deuteronomy 1:13

11May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times more, and bless you as he promised you. 12But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself? Appoint for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will make them your leaders. 14“You replied to me, ‘What you propose to do is good.’ 15“So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and set them over you as leaders: commanders for thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for your tribes.

Deuteronomy 1:13 word by word

הָב֣וּ לָ֠כֶם אֲנָשִׁ֨ים חֲכָמִ֧ים וּנְבֹנִ֛ים וִידֻעִ֖ים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֑ם וַאֲשִׂימֵ֖ם בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Takeיָהַבyâhab · to giveH3051
• you wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• and understandingבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• and knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• among your tribesשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• and I will makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: appointH7760
• them rulersרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 1:13

• Exodus 18:21But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating dishonest profit. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
• Numbers 11:16The Lord answered Moses, “Bring me seventy men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and have them stand there with you.
• Acts 1:21“Therefore, from among the men who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us —
• Acts 6:2The Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching the word of God to wait on tables.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 1:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Take you wise men - חכמים chachamim, such as had gained knowledge by great labor and study. Understanding נבנים nebonim, persons of discernment, judicious men. Known, ידעים yeduim, persons practiced in the operations of nature, capable of performing curious and important works.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 This appointment of the “captains” (compare Exodus 18:21 ff) must not be confounded with that of the elders in Numbers 11:16 ff. The former would number 78,600; the latter were 70 only. A comparison between this passage and that in Exodus makes it obvious that Moses is only touching on certain parts of the whole history, without regard to order of time, but with a special purpose. This important arrangement for the good government of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 Moses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their government, which might make them all safe and easy, if it was not their own fault. He owns the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham, and prays for the further accomplishment of it. We are not straitened in the power and goodness of God; why should we be straitened in our own faith and hope? Good laws were given to the Israelites, and good men were to see to the execution of them…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13respected men: These people had lives and reputations that were beyond criticism, even when examined closely.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-189-18. I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone--a little before their arrival in Horeb. Moses addresses that new generation as the representatives of their fathers, in whose sight and hearing all the transactions he recounts took place. A reference is here made to the suggestion of Jethro (Ex 18:18). In noticing his practical adoption of a plan by which the administration of justice was committed to a select number of…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 1:13

• Elder
• Government
• Israel
• Judge
• Moses
• Officer
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Wise men
• Dread
• Exodus
• Heaven
• Courts, Judicial
• Deuteronomy
• Judge
• Make, Maker
• Pentateuch

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings