Deuteronomy 1:13

1:13 Select wise and practical ¹  men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”

Deuteronomy 1:23

1:23 I thought this was a good idea, ²  so I sent ³  twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

Deuteronomy 2:16

Instructions Concerning Ammon

2:16 So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community, ⁴ 

¹ tn The Hebrew verb נְבֹנִים (nÿvonim, from בִּין [bin]) is a Niphal referring to skill or intelligence (see T. Fretheim, NIDOTTE 1:652-53).

² tn Heb “the thing was good in my eyes.”

³ tn Or “selected” (so NIV, NRSV, TEV); Heb “took.”

³ tn Heb “and it was when they were eliminated, all the men of war, to die from the midst of the people.”