Numbers 11:16

Elders Appointed to Aid Moses

16Then the Lord said to Moses, “Gather for me aseventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and bofficers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

Deuteronomy 1:15-16

15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, cand set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes. 16And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and djudge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.

2 Samuel 5:3

3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, eand King David made a covenant with them at Hebron fbefore the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.

Psalms 82:1-2

Rescue the Weak and Needy

A Psalm of gAsaph.

1 hGod ihas taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of jthe gods he kholds judgment:
2How long will you judge unjustly
and lshow partiality to mthe wicked?  Selah

Matthew 26:3

3 nThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in othe palace of the high priest, whose name was pCaiaphas,

Matthew 27:1

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

1 qWhen morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people rtook counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

Luke 23:50-51

Jesus Is Buried

50 sNow there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, 51who had not consented to their decision and action; and he twas looking for the kingdom of God.
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