14 occurrences

'Chiefs' in the Bible

Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersWatchfulness, DivineAssembling LeadersGod AppearingGod Paid Attention To ThemThe Elders GatheredThe Elderly

And they will give ear to your voice: and you, with the chiefs of Israel, will go to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesThree DaysParticular JourneysA Feast In The WildernessPaying Attention To People

Then Moses and Aaron went and got together all the chiefs of the children of Israel:

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersAssembling LeadersThe Elders Gathered

Then Moses sent for the chiefs of Israel, and said to them, See that lambs are marked out for yourselves and your families, and let the Passover lamb be put to death.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambLambsMoses, Significance OfKilling SacrificesOthers SummoningSheep And GoatsThe Elders Gathered

The chiefs of Edom were troubled in heart; the strong men of Moab were in the grip of fear: all the people of Canaan became like water.

Verse ConceptsMeltingGroups Trembling

And the Lord said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take some of the chiefs of Israel with you, and take in your hand the rod which was stretched out over the Nile, and go.

Verse ConceptsThe Elders Gathered

See, I will take my place before you on the rock in Horeb; and when you give the rock a blow, water will come out of it, and the people will have drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the chiefs of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod Providing WaterMiracles, Nature OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronTypes Of ChristSplitting RocksStriking RocksProvision From Rocks

Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, made a burned offering to God: and Aaron came, with the chiefs of Israel, and had a meal with Moses' father-in-law, before God.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsBurnt offeringSacrifice, In OtEating Before God

And Moses came and sent for the chiefs of the people and put before them all these words which the Lord had given him orders to say.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersLeaders, PoliticalOld Age, Attitudes ToOthers SummoningThe Elders Gathered

And he said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel; and give me worship from a distance.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Privilegeselders, as community leadersSeventyGoing Up MountainsSeventiesWorshipping Goddistance

Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:

Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesGoing Up MountainsSeventiesThe Elderly

And he said to the chiefs, Keep your places here till we come back to you: Aaron and Hur are with you; if anyone has any cause let him go to them.

Verse ConceptsWaitingAaron, PrivilegesMotionlessnessStaying PutPeople WaitingWaiting Till Marriage

Then Moses sent for them; and Aaron, with the chiefs of the people, came to him; and Moses had talk with them.

Verse ConceptsAddressing Someone

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Chiefs (235 instances)
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