Acts 1:21-23; Acts 6:2-6; Exodus 18:21; Numbers 11:16; Numbers 11:17
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 wou...
Take you wise men, and understanding, and (k) known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. (k) Whose godliness and uprightness is...
Deuteronomy 1:9-18 cf. Exodus 18:13-26 * ( E )) . The idea of appointing judges to assist Moses is in Exodus 18:17-23 suggested by Jethro...
men. Hebrew, plural of 'ish or 'enosh
13. Take you wise men. Hence it more plainly appears that those who were to preside in judgment were not appointed only by the will of Moses...
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Take you wise men - חכמים chachamim, such as...
Ver. 13. Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes — Houbigant renders this, Take from among your tribes, men endued wit...
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: I spake unto you at that time - a little before their arri...
First Discourse ( Deuteronomy 1:14 to Deuteronomy 4:43 ) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamp...
(9-18) In these words Moses appears to combine the recollection of two distinct things: (1) the advice of Jethro ( Exodus 18 ), by following which he...
THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT Deuteronomy 1:1-46 ; Deuteronomy 2:1-37 ; Deuteronomy 3:1-29 AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the...
Moses Recalls the Start from Horeb Deuteronomy 1:1-18 To this new generation Moses spake the holy law of God, since they had not heard it at Si...
The Book of Deuteronomy is didactic rather than historic. It consists of a collection of the final utterances of Moses and is a Book of review. It c...
All these verses refer to that period in Israel's history, in which at the advice of Jethro, and by the divine permission, Moses took into the admini...
Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes ,.... Not only whose persons were well known, but their characters and qualificatio...
How can I alone bear your burden? The trouble of ruling and managing so perverse a people. Your strife Your contentions among yourselves, for the...
THE COMMAND TO LEAVE HOREB (vs.1-8) In Numbers 32:1-42 Israel is seen to remain in the area east of Jordan long enough for the two and a half t...
The Charge to Magistrates. B. C. 1451. ...
Persons of knowledge, wisdom, and experience, men famous, and had in reputation, for ability and integrity; for to such they would more readily submi...
He Points Out That There Should In Fact Have Been No Problem With Their Possessing Canaan Because Yahweh Had Made Them A Great Nation, Justly and Wi...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— I. Biographical . Sihon . סִיחן (Slkhôn). LXX . Σηών. Joseph. Σιχών. King of the Amorites when the Israelites re...
Deuteronomy 1:1 . In the plain over against the Red sea. סו Suph, red, not being joined in the text with ים Yam, sea, should not be rendered...
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone. The promised increase pleaded I. The glorious being addresse...
TITLE AND INTRODUCTION Deuteronomy 1:1-5 . EXPOSITION Deuteronomy 1:1-5 In these verses we have the inscription and general introdu...
The Assistants of Moses
Take you wise men and understanding, they were to select these men themselves, since it was necessary to place a great deal of trust in them, and kn...
Kadesh-Barnea Deuteronomy 1:1-43 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are three things which need to be brought out in a definite way. 1. The suggestion...
13 Taked you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.