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Ha run Yah ya (Ad nan Ok tar)

your or ders. I here by put you in charge of the whole land of
Egypt." (Genesis, 41:33, 39-41)

Your com mands make me wis er than my en e mies, for they
are ev er with me. I have more in sight than all my teach ers,
for I med i tate on Your stat utes. I have more un der stand ing
than the elders, for I obey Your pre cepts. I have kept my feet
from ev ery evil path so that I might obey Your word. I have
not de part ed from Your laws, for You Yourself have taught
me. How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweet er than hon -
ey to my mouth! I gain un der stand ing from Your pre cepts;
there fore I hate ev ery wrong path. (Psalms 119:98-104)

Choose some wise, un der stand ing and re spect ed men from
each of your tribes, and I will set them over you."... So I took
the lead ing men of your tribes, wise and re spect ed men, and
ap point ed them to have au thor i ty over you—as com mand ers
of thou sands, of hun dreds, of fif ties and of tens and as trib al
of fi cials. (Deuteronomy, 1:13, 15)

Observe them care ful ly, for this will show your wis dom and
un der stand ing to the na tions, who will hear about all these

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