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
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Bible References
The elders
Exodus 18:21
Moreover, seek out, among all the people, men of activity which fear God; and men that are true and hate covetousness: and make them heads over the people, captains over thousands, over hundreds, over fifty, and over ten.
Exodus 21:8
If she please not her master, so that he hath given her to no man to wife, then shall he let her go free: to sell her unto a strange nation shall he have no power, because he despised her.
Deuteronomy 29:10
Ye stand here this day every one of you before the LORD your God: both the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officers and all the men of Israel;
Deuteronomy 31:28
Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears and call heaven and earth to record against them.
1 Kings 21:8
And she wrote a letter in Ahab's name and sealed it with his seal, and sent it unto the elders and chief men of his city that dwelt where Naboth dwelt.
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is much set by in the gates, when he sitteth among the rulers of the land.
Lamentations 5:14
The elders sit no more under the gates, and the young men use no more the playing of Music.
Acts 6:12
and they moved the people, and the elders, and the scribes: and they came upon him and caught him, and brought him to the council,
General references
Job 29:7
When I went through the city unto the gate, and when they set me a chair in the street;