Deuteronomy 1:15
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.”
שֵׁבֶט
The shepherd's rod was not for the sheep — it was for predators. The staff was for guiding and steadying the sheep on narrow paths. David walks through the valley of the shadow of death and takes comfort not in the absence of danger, but in the presence of the shepherd's tools. God is equipped for what lies ahead of you.
עַל
over/ you
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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רֹאשׁ
chiefs
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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עֶשֶׂר
tens
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עֶשֶׂר
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
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מֵאָה
hundreds
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מֵאָה
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
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חָכָם
wise
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חָכָם
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
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שַׂר
leaders of
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שַׂר
a head person (of any rank or class)
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חֲמִשִּׁים
fifties
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חֲמִשִּׁים
fifty
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