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Exodus 18:25

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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.
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  1. Deuteronomy 1:15Rank 1 from verse 25
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    15So 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.

  2. Exodus 18:21Rank 2 from verse 25
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    21Moreover 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:

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    5¶ And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

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Exodus 18:25

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able

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Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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24So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

25And 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.

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26And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

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