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Deuteronomy 1:15

So 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.

KJV

Tulique de tribubus vestris viros sapientes et nobiles, et constitui eos principes, tribunos, et centuriones, et quinquagenarios ac decanos, qui docerent vos singula.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔλαβον ἐξ ὑμῶν ἄνδρας σοφοὺς καὶ ἐπιστήμονας καὶ συνετούς, καὶ κατέστησα αὐτοὺς ἡγεῖσθαι ἐφ’ ὑμῶν, χιλιάρχους καὶ ἑκατοντάρχους καὶ δεκαδάρχους καὶ γραμματοεισαγωγεῖς τοῖς κριταῖς ὑμῶν.

LXX

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.

ASV

וָ/אֶקַּ֞ח אֶת רָאשֵׁ֣י שִׁבְטֵי/כֶ֗ם אֲנָשִׁ֤ים חֲכָמִים֙ וִֽ/ידֻעִ֔ים וָ/אֶתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛/ם רָאשִׁ֖ים עֲלֵי/כֶ֑ם שָׂרֵ֨י אֲלָפִ֜ים וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י מֵא֗וֹת וְ/שָׂרֵ֤י חֲמִשִּׁים֙ וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י עֲשָׂרֹ֔ת וְ/שֹׁטְרִ֖ים לְ/שִׁבְטֵי/כֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ו
v
verb · 25×
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
chmshym
adjective · 163×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
עֶ֣שֶׂר
'shr
adjective · 174×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 16:18 — Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
  • Deut 16:18 — Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
  • Eph 4:11 — And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
  • Exod 18:25 — And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
  • Exod 18:25 — And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
  • Isa 3:3 — The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
  • Num 11:16 — And the LORD 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 co
  • Num 13:2 — Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
  • Ps 58:1 — Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?