Deuteronomy 1:13
Context1:13 Select wise and practical 1 men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”
Deuteronomy 15:6
Context15:6 For the Lord your God will bless you just as he has promised; you will lend to many nations but will not borrow from any, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.
Deuteronomy 10:14
Context10:14 The heavens – indeed the highest heavens – belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.
Deuteronomy 1:15
Context1:15 So I chose 2 as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.
Deuteronomy 33:21
Context33:21 He has selected the best part for himself,
for the portion of the ruler 3 is set aside 4 there;
he came with the leaders 5 of the people,
he obeyed the righteous laws of the Lord
and his ordinances with Israel.


[1:13] 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).
[1:15] 2 tn Or “selected”; Heb “took.”
[33:21] 3 tn The Hebrew term מְחֹקֵק (mÿkhoqeq; Poel participle of חָקַק, khaqaq, “to inscribe”) reflects the idea that the recorder of allotments (the “ruler”) is able to set aside for himself the largest and best. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 444-45.
[33:21] 4 tn Heb “covered in” (if from the root סָפַן, safan; cf. HALOT 764-65 s.v. ספן qal).