Numbers 27:17
a 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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In Context
16“May you, Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all humanity, appoint a man over the community,
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:20so that we might be like all the other nations, and so that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
2 Samuel 5:2In the recent past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led the Israelite army. Yahweh said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become ruler over Israel.'”
1 Kings 22:17So Micaiah said, “I saw all Israel scattered to the mountains, like sheep who have no shepherd, and Yahweh said, 'These have no shepherd. Let every man return to his house in peace.'”
2 Chronicles 18:16So Micaiah said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep who have no shepherd, and Yahweh said, 'These have no shepherd. Let every man return to his house in peace.'”
Zechariah 10:2For household idols speak falsely; the diviners envision a lie; 1 they tell deceitful dreams and give empty comfort, 1 so they wander like sheep and suffer because there is no shepherd.
Matthew 9:36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were troubled and discouraged. They were like sheep without a shepherd.
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 →