Rut 4:2
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
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Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed {them} with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that {were} in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. {please...: Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc}
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon {him}, and caught him, and brought {him} to the council,
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place {such} over them, {to be} rulers of thousands, {and} rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, {with} all the men of Israel,
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.