Numbers 27:16

“May you, Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all humanity, appoint a man over the community,

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Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

In Context

15Then Moses spoke to Yahweh and said,

17a man who may go out and come in before them and lead them out and bring them in, so that your community is not like sheep that have no shepherd.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:14Yahweh said to Moses, “Look, the day is coming when you must die; call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, so that I may give him a command.” Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

1 Kings 5:5So I intend to build a temple for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, will build the temple for my name.'

Jeremiah 23:4Then I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them so they will no longer fear or be shattered. None of them will go missing—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

Ezekiel 34:23I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will shepherd them, he will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.

Matthew 9:38Therefore urgently pray to the Lord of the harvest, so that he may send out laborers into his harvest.”

Acts 20:28Therefore be careful about yourselves, and about all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be careful to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood. + 20:28 Instead of with his own blood , some ancient copies read, with the blood of his own Son .

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 →

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