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Exodus 18:21
Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, who fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place these over them as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Numbers 11:16
And Jehovah said to Moses: Gather unto Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tent of meeting, and they shall stand there with you.
Numbers 11:17
And I will come down and speak with you there. And I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will lay upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
Acts 1:21-23
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Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
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beginning from the immersion of John until the day when He was taken up from us, it is necessary for one of these to become a witness with us of His resurrection.
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And they proposed two: Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
Acts 6:2-6
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Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, It is not desirable that we should leave the Word of God and serve tables.
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Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this need;
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but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the Word.
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And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch,
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whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them.