Exo 18:21, 1Sa 21:7, 1Ch 27:29-31, 2Ch 26:10, Pro 22:29 | TSK | STEP | Moreover. able men. such as. men. hating. rulers of thousands.Whatever matter the {decarch,} or ruler over ten, could not decide, went to the {pentecontarch,} or ruler of fifty, and thence by degrees to the {hecatontarch,} or ruler over a hundred, to the {chiliarch,} or ruler over a thousand, to Moses, and at length to God himself. Each magistrate had the care or inspection of only ten men; the {decarch} superintended ten private characters; the {hecatontarch} ten {decarchs;} and the {chiliarch,} ten {hecatontarchs.}

Exodus 18:21

Moreover.

De 1:13-17; Ac 6:3

able men.

25; De 16:18; 1Ki 3:9-12; Pr 28:2

such as.

23:2-9; Ge 22:12; 42:18; 2Sa 23:3; 1Ki 18:3,12; 2Ch 19:5-10

Ne 5:9; 7:2; Ec 12:13; Lu 18:2,4

men.

Job 29:16; 31:13; Isa 16:5; 59:4,14,15; Jer 5:1; Eze 18:8; Zec 7:9

Zec 8:16

hating.

23:8; De 16:18,19; 1Sa 8:3; 12:3,4; Ps 26:9,10; Isa 33:15

Eze 22:12; Ac 20:33; 1Ti 3:3; 6:9-11; 2Pe 2:14,15

rulers of thousands.Whatever matter the {decarch,} or ruler over ten, could not decide, went to the {pentecontarch,} or ruler of fifty, and thence by degrees to the {hecatontarch,} or ruler over a hundred, to the {chiliarch,} or ruler over a thousand, to Moses, and at length to God himself. Each magistrate had the care or inspection of only ten men; the {decarch} superintended ten private characters; the {hecatontarch} ten {decarchs;} and the {chiliarch,} ten {hecatontarchs.}

Nu 10:4; De 1:15; Jos 22:14; 1Sa 8:12