Numbers 27:23

He laid his hands on him and commanded him to lead, as Yahweh had commanded him to do.

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In The King James Version

And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

In Context

22So Moses did as Yahweh had commanded him. He took Joshua and placed him before Eleazar the priest and all the community.

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Cross References

Numbers 27:19Place him before Eleazar the priest and before all the community, and command him before their eyes to lead them.

Deuteronomy 3:28Instead, instruct Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will go over before this people, and he will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.'

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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