21 Furthermore, you shall [a]select out of all the people (A)able men (B)who fear God, men of truth, those who (C)hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, [b]of hundreds, [c]of fifties, and [d]of tens.

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  1. Exodus 18:21 Lit see
  2. Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of
  3. Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of
  4. Exodus 18:21 Lit leaders of

21 But select capable men(A) from all the people—men who fear(B) God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain(C)—and appoint them as officials(D) over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

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16 These are the men who were (A)called from the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ tribes; they were the (B)heads of [a]divisions of Israel.”

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  1. Numbers 1:16 Lit thousands; or clans

16 These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders(A) of their ancestral tribes.(B) They were the heads of the clans of Israel.(C)

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Then (A)the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ households, (B)made an offering (they were the leaders of the tribes; they were the [a]supervisors over the [b]numbered men).

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  1. Numbers 7:2 Lit ones standing
  2. Numbers 7:2 Lit mustered

Then the leaders of Israel,(A) the heads of families who were the tribal leaders in charge of those who were counted,(B) made offerings.

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