BLB Exd 18

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Exd 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Moreover		Deu 1:13-17; Act 6:3
able men		Exd 18:25; Deu 16:18; 1Ki 3:9-12; Pro 28:2
such as		Exd 23:2-9; Gen 22:12; Gen 42:18; 2Sa 23:3; 1Ki 18:3,12; 2Ch 19:5-10; Neh 5:9; Neh 7:2; Ecc 12:13; Luk 18:2,4
men		Job 29:16; Job 31:13; Isa 16:5; Isa 59:4,14,15; Jer 5:1; Eze 18:8; Zec 7:9; Zec 8:16
hating		Exd 23:8; Deu 16:18,19; 1Sa 8:3; 1Sa 12:3,4; Psa 26:9,10; Isa 33:15; Eze 22:12; Act 20:33; 1Ti 3:3; 1Ti 6:9-11; 2Pe 2:14,15
rulers of thousands		Whatever matter the decarch, or ruler over ten, could not decide, went to the pentecontarch, or ruler of fifty, and thence by degrees to the hecatontarch, or ruler over a hundred, to the chiliarch, or ruler over a thousand, to Moses, and at length to God himself. Each magistrate had the care or inspection of only ten men; the decarch superintended ten private characters; the hecatontarch ten decarchs; and the chiliarch, ten hecatontarchs. Num 10:4; Deu 1:15; Jos 22:14; 1Sa 8:12

Correlating Passages

Moreover

	Deu 1:13	Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
	Deu 1:14	And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken [is] good [for us] to do.
	Deu 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.
	Deu 1:16	And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him.
	Deu 1:17	Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.
	Act 6:3	Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

able men

	Exd 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.
	Deu 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.
	1Ki 3:9	Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
	1Ki 3:10	And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
	1Ki 3:11	And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
	1Ki 3:12	Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
	Pro 28:2	For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.

such as

	Exd 23:2	Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:
	Exd 23:3	Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
	Exd 23:4	If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
	Exd 23:5	If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
	Exd 23:6	Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
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	Gen 22:12	And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me.
	Gen 42:18	And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; [for] I fear God:
	2Sa 23:3	The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men [must be] just, ruling in the fear of God.
	1Ki 18:3	And Ahab called Obadiah, which [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
	1Ki 18:12	And it shall come to pass, [as soon as] I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and [so] when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
	2Ch 19:5	And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
	2Ch 19:6	And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you in the judgment.
	2Ch 19:7	Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do [it]: for [there is] no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
	2Ch 19:8	Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and [of] the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
	2Ch 19:9	And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
	2Ch 19:10	And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and [so] wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
	Neh 5:9	Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
	Neh 7:2	That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he [was] a faithful man, and feared God above many.
	Ecc 12:13	Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.
	Luk 18:2	Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
	Luk 18:4	And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

men

	Job 29:16	I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
	Job 31:13	If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
	Isa 16:5	And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
	Isa 59:4	None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
	Isa 59:14	And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
	Isa 59:15	Yea, truth faileth; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw [it], and it displeased him that [there was] no judgment.
	Jer 5:1	Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
	Eze 18:8	He [that] hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
	Zec 7:9	Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
	Zec 8:16	These [are] the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

hating

	Exd 23:8	And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
	Deu 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.
	Deu 16:19	Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
	1Sa 8:3	And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
	1Sa 12:3	Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
	1Sa 12:4	And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
	Psa 26:9	Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
	Psa 26:10	In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
	Isa 33:15	He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
	Eze 22:12	In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
	Act 20:33	I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
	1Ti 3:3	Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;