Numbers 27:23

Then he put his handes vpon him, and gaue him a charge, as the Lord had spoken by the hand of Moses.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 the Lord had commanded him, and he tooke Ioshua, and set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation.

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Cross References

Numbers 27:19And set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation, and giue him a charge in their sight.

Deuteronomy 3:28But charge Ioshua, and incourage him, and bolden him: for hee shall goe before this people, and he shall deuide for inheritance vnto them, the land which thou shalt 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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