IDuteronomi 1:15

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

15 Ndabathabatha ke abaziintloko zezizwe zakowenu, amadoda alumkileyo, aziwayo, ndawamisa aba ziintloko phezu kwenu: abathetheli-waka, nabathetheli-makhulu, nabathetheli-mashumi ngamahlanu, nabathetheli-mashumi ngamanye, nabaphathi, ngokwezizwe zakomawenu.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I took: Deuteronomy 16:18, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 18:26

made: Heb. gave, Ephesians 4:11

captains over thousands: Numbers 31:14, 1 Samuel 8:12, 1 Samuel 17:18, 1 Samuel 22:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 5:6 - officers Exodus 18:21 - rulers of thousands Numbers 1:16 - heads Numbers 10:4 - General Numbers 11:16 - officers Numbers 13:2 - a ruler Deuteronomy 20:5 - the officers Joshua 10:6 - mountains 1 Chronicles 12:20 - captains 1 Chronicles 15:25 - captains 1 Chronicles 27:1 - captains Psalms 58:1 - O congregation Isaiah 3:3 - captain Micah 5:2 - thousands Matthew 21:33 - husbandmen Luke 20:9 - husbandmen

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known,.... The principal persons among them, that were remarkable and well known for their wisdom and understanding, whom the people presented to him:

and made them heads over you; rulers of them, as follows:

captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens; see Exodus 18:21

and officers among your tribes; which Jarchi interprets of such that bind malefactors and scourge them, according to the decree of the judges, even the executioners of justice; and so the Jews commonly understand them to be, though some have thought they were judges also.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This appointment of the “captains” (compare Exodus 18:21 ff) must not be confounded with that of the elders in Numbers 11:16 ff. The former would number 78,600; the latter were 70 only.

A comparison between this passage and that in Exodus makes it obvious that Moses is only touching on certain parts of the whole history, without regard to order of time, but with a special purpose. This important arrangement for the good government of the people took place before they left Horeb to march direct to the promised land. This fact sets more clearly before us the perverseness and ingratitude of the people, to which the orator next passes; and shows, what he was anxious to impress, that the fault of the 40 years’ delay rested only with themselves!

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 1:15. Captains over thousands, c. — What a curious and well-regulated economy was that of the Israelites! See its order and arrangement:

1. GOD, the KING and Supreme Judge

2. Moses, God's prime minister;

3. The priests, consulting him by Urim and Thummim;

4. The chiefs or princes of the twelve tribes;

5. Chilliarchs, or captains over thousands;

6. Centurions, or captains over hundreds;

7. Tribunes, or captains over fifty men;

8. Decurions, or captains over ten men; and,

9. Officers, persons who might be employed by the different chiefs in executing particular commands. All these held their authority from God, and yet were subject and accountable to each other. See the notes on Num. ii.