Numbers 27:23
He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD spoke by Moses.
World Messianic Bible
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
Cross References
Numbers 27:19Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight.
Deuteronomy 3:28But commission Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall 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 →