Verse 21
21. Able men Men of strong, commanding character, and manifestly competent for the work to be done . Four distinguishing qualities of the ideal judge are here expressed: able, (competent, capable,) God-fearing, truth-loving, and bribery-hating . Without these qualities no man is fit to occupy a judgment seat . בצע , here rendered covetousness, means unrighteous gain, obtained by way of extortion . The righteous ruler “despiseth the gain of oppressions, shaking his hands from holding bribes . ” Isaiah 33:15.
To be rulers Chiefs or princes .
Thousands,… hundreds,… fifties,… tens “This minute classification of the people is thoroughly in accordance with the Semitic character, and was retained in after ages . The numbers appear to be conventional, corresponding nearly, but not exactly, to the military or civil divisions of the people . ” Speaker’s Com . Comp . Numbers 1:16; Numbers 10:4; Joshua 22:14.
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