shay'-bet
from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion,
i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting,
ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan:--X
correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Take [03051] you wise [02450] men [0582], and understanding [0995], and known [03045] among your tribes [07626], and I will make [07760] them rulers [07218] over you.Take: Heb. Give
So I took [03947] the chief [07218] of your tribes [07626], wise [02450] men [0582], and known [03045], and made [05414] them heads [07218] over you, captains [08269] over thousands [0505], and captains [08269] over hundreds [03967], and captains [08269] over fifties [02572], and captains [08269] over tens [06235], and officers [07860] among your tribes [07626].made: Heb. gave
And the saying [01697] pleased me well [05869] [03190]: and I took [03947] twelve [06240] [08147] men [0582] of you, one [0259] of a tribe [07626] [0376]:
And the rest [03499] of Gilead [01568], and all Bashan [01316], being the kingdom [04467] of Og [05747], gave [05414] I unto the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519]; all the region [02256] of Argob [0709], with all Bashan [01316], which [01931] was called [07121] the land [0776] of giants [07497].
And it came to pass, when ye heard [08085] the voice [06963] out of the midst [08432] of the darkness [02822], (for the mountain [02022] did burn [01197] with fire [0784],) that ye came near [07126] unto me, even all the heads [07218] of your tribes [07626], and your elders [02205];
At that time [06256] the Lord [03068] separated [0914] the tribe [07626] of Levi [03878], to bear [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068], to stand [05975] before [06440] the Lord [03068] to minister [08334] unto him, and to bless [01288] in his name [08034], unto this day [03117].
But unto the place [04725] which the Lord [03068] your God [0430] shall choose [0977] out of all your tribes [07626] to put [07760] his name [08034] there, even unto his habitation [07933] shall ye seek [01875], and thither thou shalt come [0935]:
But in the place [04725] which the Lord [03068] shall choose [0977] in one [0259] of thy tribes [07626], there thou shalt offer [05927] thy burnt offerings [05930], and there thou shalt do [06213] all that I command [06680] thee.
Judges [08199] and officers [07860] shalt thou make [05414] thee in all thy gates [08179], which the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee, throughout thy tribes [07626]: and they shall judge [08199] the people [05971] with just [06664] judgment [04941].
The priests [03548] the Levites [03881], and all the tribe [07626] of Levi [03878], shall have no part [02506] nor inheritance [05159] with Israel [03478]: they shall eat [0398] the offerings [0801] of the Lord [03068] made by fire [0801], and his inheritance [05159].
For the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] hath chosen [0977] him out of all thy tribes [07626], to stand [05975] to minister [08334] in the name [08034] of the Lord [03068], him and his sons [01121] for ever [03117].
And we took [03947] their land [0776], and gave [05414] it for an inheritance [05159] unto the Reubenites [07206], and to the Gadites [01425], and to the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04520].
Ye stand [05324] this day [03117] all of you before [06440] the Lord [03068] your God [0430]; your captains [07218] of your tribes [07626], your elders [02205], and your officers [07860], with all the men [0376] of Israel [03478],
Lest there should be [03426] among you man [0376], or woman [0802], or family [04940], or tribe [07626], whose heart [03824] turneth away [06437] this day [03117] from the Lord [03068] our God [0430], to go [03212] and serve [05647] the gods [0430] of these nations [01471]; lest there should be [03426] among you a root [08328] that beareth [06509] gall [07219] and wormwood [03939];gall: or, a poisonous herb: Heb. rosh
And the Lord [03068] shall separate [0914] him unto evil [07451] out of all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], according to all the curses [0423] of the covenant [01285] that are written [03789] in this book [05612] of the law [08451]:are: Heb. is
Gather [06950] unto me all the elders [02205] of your tribes [07626], and your officers [07860], that I may speak [01696] these words [01697] in their ears [0241], and call [05749] heaven [08064] and earth [0776] to record [05749] against them.
And he was king [04428] in Jeshurun [03484], when the heads [07218] of the people [05971] and the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] were gathered [0622] together [03162].