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

11(Yhwh God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

Deuteronomy 1:13 word by word

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

• 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 18:21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
• Numbers 11:16And Yhwh said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
• Acts 1:21Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
• Acts 6:2Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not meet that we should leave the word of God, and serve 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