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and took possession of their women-folk and children, their cattle and all their goods. Nothing that belonged to Madian but was ravaged; (Numbers 31, 9)
What means it, he asked, that you have spared the women-folk? (Numbers 31, 15)
you must give me men of ripe wisdom and quick minds, high in repute among their fellow-tribesmen, to be appointed your rulers. (Deuteronomy 1, 13)
I chose out of all your tribes men of wisdom and repute, and I appointed them to be your rulers, with powers over a thousand men, or a hundred, or fifty, or ten together, issuing commands to you as need arose. (Deuteronomy 1, 15)
Keep them in honour and live by them; these are to be the arts, this the wisdom, that you teach the world, as men come to hear of these laws, and say to themselves, Surely they must be wise, surely they must be discerning folk, that belong to so great a nation as this! (Deuteronomy 4, 6)
a strong folk and tall, the breed of Enac, that thou hast seen or heard tell of; none can withstand them. (Deuteronomy 9, 2)
do not imitate the folk thou hast conquered; do not hanker after their observances, and say, Why may I not worship as these worshipped before me? (Deuteronomy 12, 30)
Three times a year, then, all thy men folk shall present themselves before the Lord thy God in the place of his choice; at the three feasts of the Pasch, of Weeks, and of Tent-dwelling. No one shall present himself before the Lord empty-handed; (Deuteronomy 16, 16)
and when the Lord makes thee master of it, put only the men folk to the sword, (Deuteronomy 20, 13)
And of Levi he said, The touchstones of Wisdom and Truth are for the man thou hast set apart, testing him at the place of Challenge, proving his worth at the Water of Rebellion.✻ (Deuteronomy 33, 8)
and Josue the son of Nun, full of the gift of wisdom since Moses laid hands on him, took command of the Israelites; and they obeyed him, as the Lord through Moses had bidden them. (Deuteronomy 34, 9)
Shed blood they might not; had not the chieftains pledged themselves by an oath in the name of the Lord God of Israel? When the common folk assailed them with reproaches, (Joshua 9, 18)
