Shēnméngjì 1:13

13 Nǐmen yào àn zhe gè zhīpaì xuǎnjǔ yǒu zhìhuì , yǒu jiànshi , wéi zhòngrén suǒ rènshi de , wǒ lì tāmen wéi nǐmen de shǒulǐng .

Shēnméngjì 1:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:13

Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your
tribes
Not only whose persons were well known, but their characters and qualifications, for their probity and integrity, for their wisdom and prudence in the management of affairs, for their skill and knowledge in things divine and human, civil and religious, and for their capacity in judging and determining matters in difference; see ( Exodus 18:21 )

and I will make them rulers over you;
the people were allowed to choose their own officers, whom they were to bring to Moses, and present before him, to be invested with their office. A like method was taken in the choice and constitution of deacons in the Christian church, when the secular affairs of it lay too heavy upon the apostles, ( Acts 6:3 ) .

Shēnméngjì 1:13 In-Context

11 Wéi yuàn Yēhéhuá nǐmen lièzǔ de shén shǐ nǐmen bǐ rújīn gēng duō qiā beì , zhào tā suǒ yīngxǔ nǐmen de huà cì fú yǔ nǐmen .

12 Dàn nǐmen de máfan , hé guǎnlǐ nǐmen de zhòng rèn , bìng nǐmen de zhēng sòng , wǒ dúzì yī rén zĕn néng dāndāng de qǐ ne ,

13 Nǐmen yào àn zhe gè zhīpaì xuǎnjǔ yǒu zhìhuì , yǒu jiànshi , wéi zhòngrén suǒ rènshi de , wǒ lì tāmen wéi nǐmen de shǒulǐng .

14 Nǐmen huídá wǒ shuō , zhào nǐ suǒ shuō de xíng le wéi miào .

15 Wǒ biàn jiàng nǐmen gè zhīpaì de shǒulǐng , yǒu zhìhuì , wéi zhòngrén suǒ rènshi de , zhào nǐmen de zhīpaì , lì tāmen wéi guān zhǎng , qiā fú zhǎng , bǎifūzhǎng , wǔ shí fú zhǎng , shí fú zhǎng , guǎnlǐ nǐmen .