Numbers 27:22

Numbers 27:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses did as the Lord commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
• New International Version (NIV)Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole assembly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.

Context of Numbers 27:22

20Confer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him. 21He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.” Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, 23and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.

Numbers 27:22 word by word

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ מֹשֶׁ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֹת֑וֹ וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ וַיַּֽעֲמִדֵ֙הוּ֙ לִפְנֵי֙ אֶלְעָזָ֣ר הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָּל־הָעֵדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• asכַּאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · as whichH834
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• had commanded himצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• He tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• had him standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Eleazarאֶלְעָזָר'el‛âzâr · EleazarH499
• the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• and the wholeכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712

Cross-references for Numbers 27:22

• Numbers 27:19Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight.
• Deuteronomy 3:28But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”
• Deuteronomy 31:7Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.

Commentaries on Numbers 27:22

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 15-23 Envious spirits do not love their successors; but Moses was not one of these. We should concern ourselves, both in our prayers and in our endeavours, for the rising generation, that religion may be maintained and advanced, when we are in our graves. God appoints a successor, even Joshua; who had signalized himself by his courage in fighting Amalek, his humility in ministering to Moses, and his faith and sincerity in witnessing against the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-23Israel needed a leader when they entered the land of Canaan. Joshua was chosen to follow Moses.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2318. Take thee Joshua ... a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him--A strong testimony is here borne to the personality of the divine Spirit--the imposition of hands was an ancient ceremony. (See Ge 48:14; Le 1:4; 1Ti 4:14).Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 27:22

• Call
• Government
• Hand
• Israel
• Joshua
• Minister, Christian
• Moses
• Obedience

In the dictionaries

• Eleazar
• Joshua
• Moses
• Charge
• Chronology of the New Testament
• Hittites
• Inheritance
• Numbers, Book of
• Patrimony
• Pentateuch

Commentaries on Numbers 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings