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Lexicon :: Strong's H2205 - zāqēn

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זָקֵן
Transliteration
zāqēn
Pronunciation
zaw-kane'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 574b

Strong’s Definitions

זָקֵן zâqên, zaw-kane'; from H2204; old:—aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 178x

The KJV translates Strong's H2205 in the following manner: elders (115x), old (23x), old man (19x), ancient (14x), aged (3x), eldest (1x), ancient man (1x), senators (1x), old women (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 178x
The KJV translates Strong's H2205 in the following manner: elders (115x), old (23x), old man (19x), ancient (14x), aged (3x), eldest (1x), ancient man (1x), senators (1x), old women (1x).

  1. old

    1. old (of humans)

    2. elder (of those having authority)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זָקֵן zâqên, zaw-kane'; from H2204; old:—aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
STRONGS H2205: Abbreviations
זָקֵן adjective old, absolute ז׳ Genesis 19:4 + 30 times (on distinction from verb see above); construct זְקַן Genesis 24:2; plural זְקֵנִים Genesis 18:11 + 44 times; זְקֵנוֺת Zechariah 8:4; construct זִקְנֵי Genesis 50:7 + 85 times; suffix זְקֵנַי Lamentations 1:19, זְקֵנֶיךָ Deuteronomy 21:2; Deuteronomy 32:7, זְקֵנָיו Joshua 8:33 + 3 times, זְקֵנֶיהָ Judges 8:14, זְקֵנֵינוּ Exodus 10:9; Joshua 9:11, זִקְנֵיכֶם Deuteronomy 5:20 + 2 times; —
1. old, of human beings, as adjective predicate Genesis 18:11 (J), Job 32:4 (מִמֶּנּוּ לְיָמִים ז׳, in comparison), or attributive אָב זָקֵן Genesis 44:20 (J), אִישׁ ז׳ Judges 19:16, 17, 20, 22, נָבִיא ז׳ 1 Kings 13:11, 25, 29, מֶלֶךְ ז׳ Ecclesiastes 4:13; probably also וּשְׂבַע ימים ז׳ Genesis 35:29 (P), Job 42:17 and Genesis 25:8 (P) according to Greek Version of the LXX Sam Di; compare also Ezra 3:12.
2. usually as substantive: a. old man (or woman), b. elder;
a. old man Genesis 43:27 (J), Leviticus 19:32 (H), Deuteronomy 28:50; Deuteronomy 32:7 (|| אָב), 1 Samuel 2:31, 32; 1 Samuel 28:14; Isaiah 47:6; Job 12:20; Job 32:9; Proverbs 17:6; Proverbs 20:29; Psalm 119:100; Joel 1:2; old men and old women Zechariah 8:4 (twice in verse); compare זְקַן בֵּיתוֺ Genesis 24:2 (J), זִקְנֵי בֵיתוֺ 2 Samuel 12:17; especially opposed to נַעַר Exodus 10:9 (E), Isaiah 3:5; Isaiah 20:4; Jeremiah 51:22; Lamentations 2:21; Psalm 148:12, and in phrase מִנַּעַר וְעַד זָקֵן Genesis 19:4 (J), Joshua 6:21 (JE), Esther 3:13; opposed to ילדים 1 Kings 12:6, 8, 13 2 Chronicles 10:6; 10:8; 10:13; opposed to בַּחוּרִים Jeremiah 31:13; Ezekiel 9:6; Joel 3:1, compare 2 Chronicles 36:17 (+ יָשֵׁשׁ) and Jeremiah 6:11 (+ מְלֵא ימים); opposed to עוּל ימים Isaiah 65:20; opposed to יונקי שׁדים and עוללים Joel 2:16.
b. usually plural elders, as having authority, term techn. (100 times +); elders of a people, especially Israel Exodus 3:16, 18; Exodus 12:21 (all J), Exodus 17:5, 6; Exodus 18:12; Exodus 19:7; Exodus 24:1, 9, 14; Joshua 24:1 (all E), Numbers 11:16 (twice in verse) (שֹׁטְרָיו), Numbers 11:24; Numbers 11:25; Numbers 11:30; Numbers 16:25; Joshua 7:6; Joshua 8:10; Joshua 9:11 (all J E), Deuteronomy 5:20 (|| רָאשֵׁי שִׁבְטֵיכֶם), Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 29:9 (|| ראשׁי שׁבטיכם, שֹׁטְרֵיכֶם), Deuteronomy 31:9, 28; Joshua 8:33 (|| שֹׁטְרִים וְשֹׁפְטָיו), Joshua 23:2 (|| רָאשׁיו, שֹׁפְטָיו, שֹׁטְרָיו); compare also probably Joshua 24:31 = Judges 2:7 (all D); Leviticus 9:1, compare זִקְנֵי הָעֵדָה Leviticus 4:15)both P), Judges 21:16; see also 1 Samuel 4:3; 1 Samuel 8:4; 1 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 5:3 = 1 Chronicles 11:3; 2 Samuel 17:4, 15; 1 Kings 8:1, 3 2 Chronicles 5:2, 4, also 1 Chronicles 15:25; 1 Chronicles 21:16; compare Isaiah 3:2 (גִּבּוֺר וְאִישׁ מִלְחָמָ֑ה שׁוֺפֵט וְנָבִיא וְקֹסֵם וְז׳), Isaiah 9:14 (|| נְשׂוּאפָֿנִים, but see probably gloss, compare Ew Che Di Du and others); elders of one tribe (Judah) 1 Samuel 30:26; 2 Samuel 19:12, so of Gilead Judges 11:5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; after the division of the kingdoms, of Northern Israel זקני הארץ 1 Kings 20:7 compare 1 Kings 20:8, also 2 Kings 6:32 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 10:1 (|| שָׂרִים etc.) compare 2 Kings 10:5; under Josiah זקני יְהוּדָה 2 Kings 23:1 2 Chronicles 34:29; see also הארץ ז׳ Jeremiah 26:17, compare זקני ארץ Proverbs 31:23, compare Lamentations 1:19; Lamentations 2:10; Lamentations 4:16; Lamentations 5:12, 14 (|| שׂרים; + שַׁעַר); often in Ezek.: Ezekiel 7:26 (|| כהן), of Judah Ezekiel 8:1, of Israel Ezekiel 8:11, 12; Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 20:1, 3, also Ezekiel 9:6 (but strike out Co). Exilic הַגּוֺלָה ז׳ Jeremiah 29:1 (|| הכהנים, הנביאים); post-exile Ezra 10:8 (|| שׂרים), possibly also Joel 1:14; elders of י׳ Isaiah 24:23 (compare Exodus 24:1, 9), זִקְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים 2 Kings 19:2 = Isaiah 37:2, so Jeremiah 19:1 (|| זקני העם); of other peoples, Midian Numbers 22:4, 7, Moab Numbers 22:7 (all E), Egypt Psalm 105:22 (|| שׂרים); of Gebal Ezekiel 27:9; elders of a city, especially as sitting in the gate to judge Deuteronomy 19:12; Deuteronomy 21:2 (+ שֹׁפְטֶיךָ) Deuteronomy 21:3; Deuteronomy 21:4; Deuteronomy 21:6; Deuteronomy 21:19 (+ שַׁעַרמְֿקֹמוֺ), Deuteronomy 21:20; Deuteronomy 22:15 (+ הַשָּׁ֑עְרָה), Deuteronomy 22:16; Deuteronomy 22:17; Deuteronomy 22:18; Deuteronomy 25:7 (+ הַשַּׁ֫עֲרָה), Deuteronomy 25:8; Deuteronomy 25:9 (all in Deuteronomic code, and only so therein), Ruth 4:2, 4, 9, 11 (compare שַׁעַר Ruth 4:1; Ruth 4:11), מוֺשַׁב זְקֵנִים Psalm 107:32 (|| קְהַלעָֿ֑ם); Judges 8:14 (|| שׂרים), Judges 8:16; 1 Samuel 11:3; 1 Samuel 16:4; 1 Kings 21:8, 11; Ezra 10:14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:11; 18:11; 19:4; 19:4; 24:2; 24:2; 25:8; 35:29; 43:27; 44:20; 50:7

Exodus

3:16; 3:18; 10:9; 10:9; 12:21; 17:5; 17:6; 18:12; 19:7; 24:1; 24:1; 24:9; 24:9; 24:14

Leviticus

4:15; 9:1; 19:32

Numbers

11:16; 11:24; 11:25; 11:30; 16:25; 22:4; 22:7; 22:7

Deuteronomy

5:20; 5:20; 19:12; 21:2; 21:2; 21:3; 21:4; 21:6; 21:19; 21:20; 22:15; 22:16; 22:17; 22:18; 25:7; 25:8; 25:9; 27:1; 28:50; 29:9; 31:9; 31:28; 32:7; 32:7

Joshua

6:21; 7:6; 8:10; 8:33; 8:33; 9:11; 9:11; 23:2; 24:1; 24:31

Judges

2:7; 8:14; 8:14; 8:16; 11:5; 11:7; 11:8; 11:9; 11:10; 11:11; 19:16; 19:17; 19:20; 19:22; 21:16

Ruth

4:1; 4:2; 4:4; 4:9; 4:11; 4:11

1 Samuel

2:31; 2:32; 4:3; 8:4; 11:3; 15:30; 16:4; 28:14; 30:26

2 Samuel

3:17; 5:3; 12:17; 17:4; 17:15; 19:12

1 Kings

8:1; 8:3; 12:6; 12:8; 12:13; 13:11; 13:25; 13:29; 20:7; 20:8; 21:8; 21:11

2 Kings

6:32; 10:1; 10:5; 19:2; 23:1

1 Chronicles

11:3; 15:25; 21:16

2 Chronicles

5:2; 5:4; 10:6; 10:8; 10:13; 34:29; 36:17

Ezra

3:12; 10:8; 10:14

Esther

3:13

Job

12:20; 32:4; 32:9; 42:17

Psalms

105:22; 107:32; 119:100; 148:12

Proverbs

17:6; 20:29; 31:23

Ecclesiastes

4:13

Isaiah

3:2; 3:5; 9:14; 20:4; 24:23; 37:2; 47:6; 65:20

Jeremiah

6:11; 19:1; 26:17; 29:1; 31:13; 51:22

Lamentations

1:19; 1:19; 2:10; 2:21; 4:16; 5:12; 5:14

Ezekiel

7:26; 8:1; 8:11; 8:12; 9:6; 9:6; 14:1; 20:1; 20:3; 27:9

Joel

1:2; 1:14; 2:16; 3:1

Zechariah

8:4; 8:4

H2205

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Strong's Number H2205 matches the Hebrew זָקֵן (zāqēn),
which occurs 179 times in 171 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 18:11–Deu 31:28)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Now Abraham and Sarah were old H2205, advanced in age; Sarah was past [fn]childbearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from young to old H2205, all the people [fn]from every quarter;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest H2205 of his household, who ruled over all that he owned, “Please place your hand under my thigh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:8 - And Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old H2205 man H2205 and full of days; and he was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - And Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, an old H2205 man H2205 and full of days; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:27 - And he asked them about their [fn]well-being and said, “Is your old H2205 father [fn]well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - “And we said to my lord, ‘We have an old H2205 father and a little child of his old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’

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So Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders H2205 of his household, and all the elders H2205 of the land of Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:16 - “Go and gather the elders H2205 of Israel together and say to them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “[fn]I indeed care about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - “And they will listen to your voice; and you with the elders H2205 of Israel will come to the king of Egypt, and you all will say to him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:29 - Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered all the elders H2205 of the sons of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - And Moses said, “We shall go with our young and our old H2205; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we shall go, for it is a feast of Yahweh for us.”

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Then Moses called for all the elders H2205 of Israel and said to them, “[fn]Bring out and take for yourselves [fn]lambs according to your families and slaughter the Passover lamb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders H2205 of Israel; and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - “Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders H2205 of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:12 - Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders H2205 of Israel to eat [fn]a meal with Moses’ father-in-law before God.

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So Moses came and called the elders H2205 of the people and set before them all these words which Yahweh had commanded him.

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Then He said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders H2205 of Israel, and you all shall worship at a distance.

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Then Moses went up [fn]with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders H2205 of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:14 - But to the elders H2205 he said, “Remain here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever [fn]has a legal matter, let him approach them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 - ‘Then the elders H2205 of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before Yahweh, and the bull shall be slaughtered before Yahweh.

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Now it happened on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders H2205 of Israel;

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‘You shall rise up before the gray-haired and honor the [fn]aged H2205, and you shall fear your God; I am Yahweh.

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Yahweh therefore said to Moses, “Gather for Me seventy men from the elders H2205 of Israel, whom you know to be the elders H2205 of the people and their officers, and take them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

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So Moses went out and told the people the words of Yahweh. Also, he gathered seventy men of the elders H2205 of the people and had them stand around the tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - Then Yahweh came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took of the Spirit who was upon him and placed Him upon the seventy elders H2205. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do it again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:30 - Then Moses [fn]returned to the camp, both he and the elders H2205 of Israel.

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Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders H2205 of Israel following him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4 - Then Moab said to the elders H2205 of Midian, “Now this assembly will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

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So the elders H2205 of Moab and the elders H2205 of Midian went away with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam and spoke Balak’s words to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - “Now it happened that when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders H2205.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:12 - then the elders H2205 of his city shall send and take him from there and give him over into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - then your elders H2205 and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the slain one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - “And it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man, that is, the elders H2205 of that city, shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked and which has not pulled in a yoke;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:4 - and the elders H2205 of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6 - “And all the elders H2205 of that city [fn]who are nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - then his father and mother shall seize him and bring him out to the elders H2205 of his city [fn]at the gateway of his hometown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20 - “Then they shall say to the elders H2205 of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not listen to our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:15 - then the girl’s father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl’s virginity to the elders H2205 of the city at the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:16 - “Then the girl’s father shall say to the elders H2205, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he [fn]turned against her;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:17 - and behold, he has charged her with shameful deeds, saying, “I did not find your daughter a virgin.” But [fn]this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the garment before the elders H2205 of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:18 - “So the elders H2205 of that city shall take the man and chastise him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - “But if the man does not desire to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders H2205 and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:8 - “Then the elders H2205 of his city shall summon him and speak to him. And if he stands and says, ‘I do not desire to take her,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9 - then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the sight of the elders H2205 and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, ‘Thus it is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’

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Then Moses and the elders H2205 of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep the entire commandment which I am commanding you today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:50 - a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old H2205, nor show favor to the young.

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“You stand today, all of you, before Yahweh your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders H2205, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

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So Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the elders H2205 of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28 - “Assemble to me all the elders H2205 of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

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