Government
214 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
58 sections
- Civil Service School Provided By
- Constitutes
- Corruption In
- Corruption in Felix, Who Expected Money from Paul
- Corruption in Pilate, in Delivering Jesus to Death in Order to Please the Clamoring Multitude
- Duty of Citizens To
- Executive officers of Tribes and Cities
- God In in Appointment of Saul As King
- God In in Blotting out the Household of Jeroboam
- God In in Counseling Solomon
- God In in Denouncing Solomon's Wickedness
- God In in Dividing the Jewish Nation Into Two Different Countries
- God In in Magnifying Him
- God In in Raising Adversaries Against Solomon
- God In in Saul's Rejection
- God In in the Appointment of David
- God In in the Appointment of Kings
- God In in the Destruction of Nations
- Imperial
- Maintains of Public Instruction
- Monarchical by Ahasuerus
- Monarchical by David
- Monarchical by Herod
- Monarchical by Nebuchadnezzar
- Monarchical by Saul
- Monarchical by Solomon
- Mosaic: Accepted, and Agreed To, the Law Given by Moses
- Mosaic: Administrative and Judicial System
- Mosaic: Among the Egyptians
- Mosaic: Among the Gibeonites
- Mosaic: Among the Midianites and Moabites
- Mosaic: Assists Solomon at the Dedication of the Temple
- Mosaic: Chooses David As King
- Mosaic: Chose, or Ratified, the Chief Ruler
- Mosaic: Closely Associated with David
- Mosaic: Closely Associated with Moses and Subsequent Leaders
- Mosaic: Corrupt
- Mosaic: Counsels King Ahab
- Mosaic: Counsels King Rehoboam
- Mosaic: David Rebukes
- Mosaic: Demands a King
- Mosaic: Joins Absalom in his Usurpation
- Mosaic: Josiah Assembles to Hear the Law of the Lord
- Mosaic: Legislates in Later Times
- Mosaic: Legislates with Ezra in Reforming Certain Marriages with the Heathen
- Mosaic: Possessed Veto Power Over the King's Purposes
- Mosaic: Refused to Make Conquest of Canaan
- Mosaic: Saul Pleads to be Honored Before
- Mosaic: Seeks Counsel from Prophets
- Mosaic: Sits As a Court
- Mosaic: The Court in Certain Capital Cases
- Mosaic: Unfaithful to the City
- Municipal: Devolving Upon a Local Senate and Executive officers
- Paternal Functions of
- Provincial
- Representative
- Theocratic
- Unclassified Scriptures Relating to God In
Civil Service School Provided By
- Daniel 1:3–20 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility— …
Constitutes
- Matthew 21:23 When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”
- Matthew 26:3–5 At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, …
- Matthew 26:57–68 Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered. …
- Matthew 27:1–2 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death. …
- Mark 8:31 Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.
- Mark 14:43–65 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, scribes, and elders. …
- Mark 15:1 Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
- Luke 22:52–71 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw? …
- Acts 4:1–21 While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, …
- Acts 6:9–15 But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They disputed with Stephen, …
- Acts 7:1–59 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?” …
Corruption In
- 1 Kings 21:5–13 Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?” …
- Proverbs 25:5 Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
- Micah 3:1–4 Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? …
- Micah 3:9–11 Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right, …
Corruption in Felix, Who Expected Money from Paul
- Acts 24:26 At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe. So he sent for Paul frequently and talked with him.
Corruption in Pilate, in Delivering Jesus to Death in Order to Please the Clamoring Multitude
- John 19:12–16 From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.” …
- Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
Duty of Citizens To
- Matthew 22:17–21 So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” …
- Luke 20:25 So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
- Romans 13:1–7 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God. …
- Titus 3:1 Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,
- 1 Peter 2:13–17 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority, …
Executive officers of Tribes and Cities
- Numbers 1:4–16 And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you. …
- Numbers 1:44 These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.
- Numbers 7:2–3 And the leaders of Israel, the heads of their families, presented an offering. These men were the tribal leaders who had supervised the registration. …
- Numbers 7:10–11 When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar. …
- Numbers 7:18 On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, drew near.
- Numbers 7:24 On the third day Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the Zebulunites, drew near.
- Numbers 7:54 On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites, drew near.
- Numbers 7:84 So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
- Numbers 10:4 But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.
- Numbers 16:2 a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 men of Israel renowned as leaders of the congregation and representatives in the assembly.
- Numbers 17:2 “Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff,
- Numbers 17:6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff — one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them.
- Numbers 27:2 the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,
- Numbers 31:13–14 And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp. …
- Numbers 32:2 So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,
- Numbers 34:18–29 Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land. …
- Numbers 36:1 Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,
- Joshua 9:15–21 And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them. …
- Joshua 17:4 They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in …
- Joshua 22:13–32 The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. …
- 1 Kings 21:11–13 So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them. …
- Nehemiah 3:9 Next to them, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs;
- Nehemiah 3:12 And next to them, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of the other half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs, with the help of his daughters.
- Nehemiah 3:16 Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty.
- Nehemiah 3:18–19 Next to him, their countrymen made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler of the other half-district of Keilah. …
God In in Appointment of Saul As King
- 1 Samuel 9:15–17 Now on the day before Saul’s arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel, …
- 1 Samuel 10:1 Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
God In in Blotting out the Household of Jeroboam
- 1 Kings 14:7–16 Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel. …
- 1 Kings 15:27–30 Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city. …
God In in Counseling Solomon
- 1 Kings 9:2–9 the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. …
God In in Denouncing Solomon's Wickedness
- 1 Kings 11:9–13 Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. …
God In in Dividing the Jewish Nation Into Two Different Countries
- 1 Kings 11:13 Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
- 1 Kings 12:1–24 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. …
- 2 Chronicles 10:15 So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
- 2 Chronicles 11:4 that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
- 2 Chronicles 22:7 Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
God In in Magnifying Him
- 1 Chronicles 29:25 The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him.
God In in Raising Adversaries Against Solomon
- 1 Kings 11:14 Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
- 1 Kings 11:23 And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
God In in Saul's Rejection
- 1 Samuel 15:26–28 “I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.” …
- Acts 13:22 After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
God In in the Appointment of David
- 1 Samuel 16:1 Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a …
- 1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
- 1 Samuel 16:13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
- 2 Samuel 7:13–16 He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. …
- Psalm 89:19–37 You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people. …
- Acts 13:22 After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
God In in the Appointment of Kings
- 1 Kings 14:14 Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day — yes, even today!
- 1 Kings 16:1–4 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying: …
- 1 Chronicles 28:4–5 Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was …
- 1 Chronicles 29:25 The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him.
- Psalm 22:28 For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
God In in the Destruction of Nations
- Amos 9:8 Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
Imperial
- Genesis 14:1 In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
- Joshua 11:10 At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.
- Esther 1:1 This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
- Daniel 4:1 King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
- Daniel 6:1–3 Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, …
- Luke 2:1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
Maintains of Public Instruction
- 2 Chronicles 17:7–9 In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah, …
Monarchical by Ahasuerus
- Esther 2:1 Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
- Esther 3:1 After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
Monarchical by David
- 2 Samuel 1:13–16 And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.” …
- 2 Samuel 4:9–12 But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress, …
- 2 Samuel 11:14–17 The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. …
Monarchical by Herod
- Mark 6:27–28 So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison. …
Monarchical by Nebuchadnezzar
- Daniel 1:10 but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”
- Daniel 2:5–13 The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble. …
- Daniel 5:19 Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.
Monarchical by Saul
- 1 Samuel 22:6 Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
Monarchical by Solomon
- 1 Kings 2:23–25 Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life. …
- 1 Kings 2:28–34 When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar. …
- 1 Kings 2:36–46 Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else. …
- 1 Kings 12:1–16 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. …
- 1 Kings 21:7–16 But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.” …
- 2 Kings 10:1 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:
Mosaic: Accepted, and Agreed To, the Law Given by Moses
- Exodus 19:7–8 So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him. …
- Exodus 24:3 When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
- Exodus 24:7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
- Deuteronomy 29:10–15 All of you are standing today before the LORD your God— you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel, …
Mosaic: Administrative and Judicial System
- Exodus 18:13–26 The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening. …
- Numbers 11:16–17 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you. …
- Numbers 11:24–25 So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent. …
- Deuteronomy 1:9–17 At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone. …
Mosaic: Among the Egyptians
- Genesis 50:7 Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him — the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt —
- Genesis 41:37–38 This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials. …
- Exodus 10:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
- Exodus 10:7 Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
- Exodus 12:30 During the night Pharaoh got up — he and all his officials and all the Egyptians — and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
- Exodus 14:5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
Mosaic: Among the Gibeonites
- Joshua 9:11 So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’
Mosaic: Among the Midianites and Moabites
- Numbers 22:4 So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
- Numbers 22:7 The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.
Mosaic: Assists Solomon at the Dedication of the Temple
- 1 Kings 8:1–3 At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel — all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites — to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. …
- 2 Chronicles 5:2–4 At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel— all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites — to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. …
Mosaic: Chooses David As King
- 2 Samuel 3:17–21 Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king. …
- 2 Samuel 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 11:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.
Mosaic: Chose, or Ratified, the Chief Ruler
- Numbers 27:18–23 And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him. …
- 1 Samuel 10:24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
- 1 Samuel 8:4–22 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. …
- 1 Samuel 11:14–15 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.” …
- 2 Samuel 3:17–21 Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king. …
- 2 Samuel 5:1–3 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. …
- 1 Chronicles 29:22 That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.
- 2 Chronicles 23:3 the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the king’s son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.
Mosaic: Closely Associated with David
- 2 Samuel 12:17 The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
- 1 Chronicles 15:25 So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.
- 1 Chronicles 21:16 When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
Mosaic: Closely Associated with Moses and Subsequent Leaders
- Exodus 3:16 Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers — the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
- Exodus 3:18 The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so …
- Exodus 4:29–31 Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites, …
- Exodus 12:21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.
- Exodus 17:5–6 And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. …
- Exodus 18:12 Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.
- Exodus 19:7–8 So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him. …
- Exodus 24:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD — you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders — and you are to worship at a distance.
- Exodus 24:14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”
- Leviticus 4:15 The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.
- Leviticus 9:1 On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
- Numbers 11:16–18 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you. …
- Numbers 11:30 Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.
- Numbers 16:25 So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
- Deuteronomy 1:13–15 Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.” …
- Deuteronomy 5:23 And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
- Deuteronomy 27:1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.
- Deuteronomy 29:10–15 All of you are standing today before the LORD your God— you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel, …
- Deuteronomy 31:9 So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:28 Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
- Joshua 7:6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
- Joshua 8:10 Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.
- Joshua 8:32–33 And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written. …
- Joshua 23:2–3 he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said, …
- Joshua 23:6 Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
- Joshua 24:1 Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
- Joshua 24:24–25 So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.” …
- Judges 21:16–25 Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?” …
- Acts 5:17–18 Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out …
- Acts 5:21–41 At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin— the full assembly of the elders of Israel— and …
Mosaic: Corrupt
- 1 Kings 21:8–14 Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. …
- Ezekiel 8:11–12 Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. …
- Matthew 26:14–15 Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests …
- Matthew 27:3–4 When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. …
Mosaic: Counsels King Ahab
- 1 Kings 20:7–8 Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.” …
Mosaic: Counsels King Rehoboam
- 1 Kings 12:6–8 Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked. …
- 1 Kings 12:13 And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
Mosaic: David Rebukes
- 2 Samuel 19:11 Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
Mosaic: Demands a King
- 1 Samuel 8:4–10 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. …
- 1 Samuel 8:19–22 Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us. …
Mosaic: Joins Absalom in his Usurpation
- 2 Samuel 17:4 This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
Mosaic: Josiah Assembles to Hear the Law of the Lord
- 2 Kings 23:1 Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:29 Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:31 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were …
Mosaic: Legislates in Later Times
- Matthew 15:2 “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
- Mark 7:1–3 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, …
Mosaic: Legislates with Ezra in Reforming Certain Marriages with the Heathen
- Ezra 9:1 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like …
- Ezra 10:8–14 Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles. …
Mosaic: Possessed Veto Power Over the King's Purposes
- 1 Samuel 14:44–45 And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!” …
Mosaic: Refused to Make Conquest of Canaan
- Numbers 14:1–10 Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept. …
Mosaic: Saul Pleads to be Honored Before
- 1 Samuel 15:30 “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
Mosaic: Seeks Counsel from Prophets
- Ezekiel 8:1 In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.
- Ezekiel 14:1 Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
- Ezekiel 20:1 In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.
- Ezekiel 20:3 “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD.
- Joel 1:14 Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
- Joel 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
Mosaic: Sits As a Court
- Jeremiah 26:10–24 When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate. …
Mosaic: The Court in Certain Capital Cases
- Numbers 35:12 You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
- Numbers 35:24–25 then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances. …
Mosaic: Unfaithful to the City
- Lamentations 1:19 I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
Municipal: Devolving Upon a Local Senate and Executive officers
- Deuteronomy 19:12 the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
- Deuteronomy 21:2–8 your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities. …
- Deuteronomy 21:18–21 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, …
- Deuteronomy 22:13–21 Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her, …
- Deuteronomy 25:7–9 But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a …
- Joshua 20:4 When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
- Judges 8:14–16 There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth. …
- Judges 11:5–11 and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. …
- Ruth 4:2–11 Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so. …
- 1 Samuel 11:3 “Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
- 1 Samuel 16:4 So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
- 1 Samuel 30:26 When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
- 1 Kings 21:8–14 Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. …
- 2 Kings 10:1–7 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying: …
- Ezra 10:8 Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.
- Ezra 10:14 Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this …
- Nehemiah 3:9 Next to them, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs;
- Nehemiah 3:12 And next to them, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of the other half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs, with the help of his daughters.
- Nehemiah 3:16 Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty.
- Nehemiah 3:18–19 Next to him, their countrymen made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler of the other half-district of Keilah. …
- Lamentations 5:14 The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
Paternal Functions of
- Genesis 41:25–57 At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do. …
Provincial
- Ezra 4:8–9 Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows: …
- Ezra 5:3 At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
- Ezra 5:6 This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.
- Ezra 6:6 Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!
- Ezra 8:36 They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
- Nehemiah 2:7 I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
- Nehemiah 2:9 Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
- Nehemiah 5:14 Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
- Daniel 6:1–3 Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, …
- Matthew 27:2 They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
- Matthew 28:14 If this report reaches the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
- Luke 3:1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
- Acts 24:1 Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
Representative
- Deuteronomy 1:13–15 Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.” …
- Joshua 9:11 So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’
Theocratic
- Exodus 19:3–8 Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel: …
- Deuteronomy 26:16–19 The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul. …
- Deuteronomy 29:1–13 These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb. …
- 1 Samuel 8:6–7 But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. …
Unclassified Scriptures Relating to God In
- Psalm 22:28 For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
- Proverbs 8:15 By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;
- Isaiah 9:6–7 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. …
- Jeremiah 1:9–10 Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. …
- Jeremiah 18:6–10 “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. …
- Jeremiah 25:12–33 But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. …
- Ezekiel 21:25–27 And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’ …
- Ezekiel 29:19–20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army. …
- Daniel 2:20–21 and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him. …
- Daniel 2:37 You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.
- Daniel 4:17 This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
- Daniel 5:18–28 As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor. …
- Daniel 10:13 However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.
- Hosea 8:4 They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.
- Amos 9:8 Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
- Haggai 2:21–22 “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth: …
- John 19:10–11 So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?” …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.