זָקֵן

And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”

And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—

Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.

The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,

“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”

Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.

And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”

The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.

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

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.

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.

Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.

Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.

So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,

The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.

And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,

…the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.

…your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.

Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,

…bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

…his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,

…and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate

…and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.

And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.

Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.

But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”

Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”

…his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.

…a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.