Council of elders
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Also: council of the elders, early council of the elders.
In Antiquity the first real governmental body was the council of the elders. This regulative group was composed of old men who had distinguished themselves in some efficient manner. 70:5.2-3
The early and diffuse powers of the primitive council of elders were gradually concentrated in the person of the absolute monarch. 70:12.2
Bible parallels
Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.
- Council of elders 70:5.2 — Gn 50:7; Ex 3:16-18.
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