Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
The elders
General references
Bible References
The elders
Exodus 18:21
Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.
Exodus 21:8
If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people because of his unfairness to her.
Deuteronomy 29:10
“You stand today, all of you, before the Lord your God: your chiefs, your tribes, your elders and your officers, even all the men of Israel,
Deuteronomy 31:28
Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.
1 Kings 21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city.
Proverbs 31:23 Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
When he sits among the elders of the land.
Lamentations 5:14 Elders are gone from the gate,
Young men from theirmusic.
Young men from their
Acts 6:12
And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before the Council.
General references
Job 29:7 “When I went out to the gate of the city,
When Itook my seat in the square,
When I