13 Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them [a]heads over you.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 1:13 rulers

13 Choose some wise, understanding and respected men(A) from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”

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Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the (A)snare of the devil.

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He must also have a good reputation with outsiders,(A) so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.(B)

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