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When Moses declared that the task of leading the people was too difficult for him, God had him appoint 70 elders (zekenim) to share the burden of leadership with him. [4] According to the Mishnah, these 70 elders plus Moses himself are the source for the 71 judges of the "Great Sanhedrin". [5]
In the Hebrew Bible, Moses is described as a shophet over the Israelites and appoints others to whom cases were delegated following the advice of Jethro, his Midianite father-in-law. [12] The Book of Judges mentions twelve leaders who are said to "judge" Israel: Othniel , Ehud , Shamgar , Deborah , Gideon , Tola , Jair , Jephthah , Ibzan , Elon ...
The following is a list of people who were in the position of the leaders of the Jewish nation, heads of state and/or government in the Land of Israel. Because of the position of the Land of Israel in Judaism, the leaders of the inhabitants of the land had a priority status also over Diaspora Jewry, although there were periods when this status weakened due to the weakening of the Jewish ...
This is the theme played out in Judges: the people are unfaithful to Yahweh and He therefore delivers them into the hands of their enemies; the people then repent and entreat Yahweh for mercy, which He sends in the form of a judge; the judge delivers the Israelites from oppression, but after a while they fall into unfaithfulness again and the ...
In the first reading, Moses directed the Israelites to appoint judges (שֹׁפְטִים , shophṭim) and officials for their tribes to govern the people with justice, with impartiality, and without bribes. [4] "Justice, justice shalt thou follow", he said. [5] A closed portion ends here. [6]
Rather, the man who is worthy of being appointed [judge], the court who appoints him says to him: ‘You, rabbi so-and-so, lo! You are ordained, and you are permitted to judge cases of monetary laws.’ That man then becomes ordained, and he is [thereafter] called a judge, and may judge in all judiciary matters.
Moses Elects Seventy Elders is a painting by Jacob de Wit, completed in December 1737 and commissioned for the interior of the City Hall in Amsterdam. It shows Moses electing seventy elders (Numbers 11:16-17, 24–25) and is now in the Royal Palace of Amsterdam. It is one of thirteen paintings by the artist on Hebrew Bible themes.
Because Moses complained that he could not speak well, God appointed Aaron as Moses' "prophet" (Exodus 4:10-17; 7:1). [note 2] At the command of Moses, he let his rod turn into a snake. [18] Then he stretched out his rod in order to bring on the first three plagues. [19] [20] [21] After that, Moses tended to act and speak for himself. [22] [23 ...