On the next day, ¹  their rulers, elders, and experts in the law ²  came together ³  in Jerusalem. ⁴ 

Now when they heard this, they became furious ¹  and wanted to execute them. ² 

and rebelled against Moses, along with some of the Israelites, 250 leaders ¹  of the community, chosen from the assembly, ²  famous men. ³ 

He received honor from ¹  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, ¹  given to you and confirmed by prophetic words ²  when the elders laid hands on you. ³ 

as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron’s city. ¹ 

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate ¹  of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

All my closest friends ¹  detest me; and those whom ²  I love have turned against me. ³ 

When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square, ¹ 

if I have raised my hand ¹  to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court, ² 

Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside! ¹ 

Her husband is well-known ¹  in the city gate ²  when he sits with the elders ³  of the land.

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! ¹  For God is with us! ² 

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate ¹  him.

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, ¹  replied, ²  “Rulers of the people and elders, ³ 

And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this. ¹ 

But the officers ¹  who came for them ²  did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported, ³ 

When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there. ¹  So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.” ²  Jehu asked, “For which one of us?” ³  He replied, “For you, O officer.”

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising ¹  God for what had happened.

From the city he took a eunuch who was in charge of the soldiers, five ¹  of the king’s advisers ²  who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens ³  for military service, and sixty citizens from the people of the land who were discovered in the city.