Quotes About Wisdom

And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.

Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.

so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”

And when Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.

the kite, any kind of falcon,

the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.

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.

And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.

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.

Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.

and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.

And the LORD instructed Moses,

Then the LORD opened the donkeyís mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”