Deuteronomy 1:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Choose wise, understanding, and experienced men, according to your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’

Cross References

Genesis 41:33

Now therefore let Pharaoh select a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover choose able men from all the people, such as fear God, men who are trustworthy and who hate a bribe; and place such men over the people as rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Deuteronomy 1:12

How can I bear alone the weight and burden of you and your strife?

Deuteronomy 1:14

And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.’