Numbers 27:16
Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, put a man at the head of this people,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
In Context
15Then Moses said to the Lord,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:14At that time the Lord said to Moses, The day of your death is near: send for Joshua, and come to the Tent of meeting so that I may give him his orders. So Moses and Joshua went to the Tent of meeting.
1 Kings 5:5And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.
Jeremiah 23:4And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:23And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.
Matthew 9:38Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.
Acts 20:28Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 27:16-23
Joshua Named as Moses's Successor. ( b. c. 1452.) 15 And Moses spake unto the Lord , saying, 16 Let the Lord , the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 18 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; 19 And set him… Read the whole commentary →