Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;

Bible References

The ancients of the people

Jeremiah 26:17
Some of the elders of the land got up and told all the assembled people,
Numbers 11:16
Then the LORD told Moses, "Gather together for me 70 men who are elders of Israel, men whom you know to be elders of the people and officers over them. Then bring them to the Tent of Meeting and let them stand there with you.
1 Chronicles 24:4
More leaders were located among Eleazar's descendants than among those of Ithamar, so sixteen leaders were appointed from the leaders of the ancestral households of Eleazar's descendants and eight from those of Ithamar.
Ezekiel 8:11
I saw 70 men from the elders of the house of Israel standing among them, including Shaphan's son Jaazaniah. Each man held a censer in his hand. As the scent of the cloud of incense ascended,
Ezekiel 9:6
You are to execute old men, young men, young women, little children, and women. But don't touch anyone who has been marked. Begin at my Holy Place!" And so they started with the elders who were in standing in front of the Temple.
Matthew 26:3
Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
Matthew 27:1
When morning came, all the high priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put him to death.
Acts 4:5
The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes met in Jerusalem

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