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Numbers 30:1

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AND Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.
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  1. Numbers 7:2Rank 1 from verse 1
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    2That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:

  2. Deuteronomy 1:13–17Rank 2 from verse 1
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    13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

    14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

    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.

    16And 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.

    17Ye 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.

  3. Exodus 18:25Rank 3 from verse 1
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    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.

  4. Numbers 1:4–16Rank 4 from verse 1
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    4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

    5¶ And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.

    6Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

    7Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

    8Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

    9Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.

    10Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

    11Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

    12Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

    13Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.

    14Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

    15Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

    16These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

  5. Numbers 34:17–28Rank 5 from verse 1
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    17These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

    18And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

    19And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

    20And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

    21Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

    22And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

    23The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

    24And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

    25And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

    26And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

    27And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

    28And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

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Numbers 30:1

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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tribes

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Bodies of people descended from common ancestors, especially the divisions of Israel.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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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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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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30:1AND Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.

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30:2If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

30:3If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;

30:4And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

30:5But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

30:6And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

30:7And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

30:8But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her.

30:9But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

30:10And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

30:11And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

30:12But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the Lord shall forgive her.

30:13Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

30:14But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

30:15But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

30:16These are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father’s house.

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