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Deuteronomy 1:13

DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON Deuteronomy 1:13 The people had nominated the judges and Moses confirmed them. Exodus 18:25 says simply that Moses chose them.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 1:13. _TAKE YOU WISE MEN_] חכמים _chachamim_, such as had gained knowledge by great labour and study. _Understanding_ נבנים nebonim, persons of discernment, judicious men. _Known_, י...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 b...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    _2. FROM HOREB TO KADESH_ _ 1. The command to go in and to possess the land (Deuteronomy 1:6)_ 2. The appointment of judges reviewed (Deuteronomy 1:9) 3. The failure to possess the land ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DEUTERONOMY 1:9_ cf._ Exodus 18:13 * (_E_))_._ The idea of appointing judges to assist Moses is in Exodus 18:17 suggested by Jethro not, as here, by Moses himself. The parallel passage differs also as...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'ish_ or _'enosh_...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Duet Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 3:29. Historical Part of the First Introductory Discourse Spoken in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 1:5) in _the gai_or _glen, over against Beth Pe-or_...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 13. _TAKE YE WISE MEN, AND UNDERSTANDING, AND KNOWN AMONG YOUR TRIBES_— Houbigant renders this, _Take from among your tribes, men endued with wisdom, understanding, and experience: wise men,_ s...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. CIVIL ORGANIZATION UNDER MOSES (Deuteronomy 1:9-18) Deuteronomy 1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 arrival in Horeb. Moses addresses that new generation as the...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:13 chiefs. (e-19) 'Head,' as Exodus 6:14 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FIRST DISCOURSE (DEUTERONOMY 1:14 TO DEUTERONOMY 4:43) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the Promised Land...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ THE AUTHOR There are three main opinions about who wrote the book of Deuteronomy. 1. Deuteronomy says t...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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 would be relieved from the ordinary pressure of liti...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הָב֣וּ לָ֠כֶם אֲנָשִׁ֨ים חֲכָמִ֧ים וּ נְבֹנִ֛ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 3:1 AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the exposition. With the exception of the first two verses of chapter 1,...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MOSES RECALLS THE START FROM HOREB Deuteronomy 1:1 To this new generation Moses spake the holy law of God, since they had not heard it at Sinai. In view of the great Lawgiver's approaching decease,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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 commences with a discourse in which Moses reviewed th...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 known....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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 administration of justice with himself, certain of the el...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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, but. elected by the votes of the people. And this is the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, 3, AND 4. Let us examine a little more closely these Chapter s, which shew the pains the Spirit took, to set before the eyes of the people all the moti...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    TAKE YE WISE MEN, AND UNDERSTANDING, AND KNOWN AMONG YOUR TRIBES,.... Not only whose persons were well known, but their characters and qualifications, for their probity and integrity, for their wisdom...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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 determination whereof the elders were appointed. _...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Moses speech in the end of the fortieth yeere, briefly rehearsing the story, 6 of Gods promise, 9 of giuing them officers, 19 of sending the spies to search the land, 34 of Gods anger for their...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 KNOWN AMONG YOUR TRIBES, AND I WILL MAKE THEM RULERS O...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ASSISTANTS OF MOSES...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE COMMAND TO LEAVE HOREB (vs.1-8) In Numbers 32:1 Israel is seen to remain in the area east of Jordan long enough for the two and a half tribes to build cities. Thus God required no haste as to the...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    TAKE: _ Heb._ Give...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Persons of knowledge, wisdom, and experience, men famous, and had in reputation, for ability and integrity; for to such they would more readily submit....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan, in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red Sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahah. Th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 1:13 Choose H3051 (H8798) wise H2450 understanding H995 (H8737) knowledgeable H3045 (H8803) men H582

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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 WISELY WATCHED OVER BY THEIR RULERS, AND HAD LED THEM...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Review of the failure at Kadesh-barnea. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Caleb, Joshua. CONCLUSION: A sad pass it has come to with us when the God of eternal truth cannot be believed. All disobedie...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 _the Red sea._ Zuph being the name of a town, and al...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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 addressed. “The Lord God of your fathers.” 1. In His essenti...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— I. Biographical. _SIHON_. סִיחן (Slkhôn). LXX. Σηών. Joseph. Σιχών. King of the Amorites when the Israelites reached the borders of Canaan,—a man of courage and audacit...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    TITLE AND INTRODUCTION Deuteronomy 1:1. EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 1:1 In these verses we have the inscription and general introduction to the book, announcing the contents of the book, the author of it...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let's turn to Deuteronomy. The word Deuteronomy means the second law. It is really sort of Moses' final address to the people. It probably covers the last month and a half of Moses' life. So he's gett...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 1:21; Acts 6:2; Exodus 18:21; Numbers 11:16; Numbers 11:17...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    KADESH-BARNEA Deuteronomy 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are three things which need to be brought out in a definite way. 1. THE SUGGESTION OF THE VERBAL INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE. The chapter opens w...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Did Moses appoint the judges or did the people? PROBLEM: Exodus 18:25 declares that “Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people.” However, here Moses told the people...

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