Numbers 27:16

Numbers 27:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
• New International Version (NIV)“May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all living things, appoint someone over this community
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

Context of Numbers 27:16

14for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) 15Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying, “May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, 17who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord will not be like sheep which have no shepherd.” 18So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;

Numbers 27:16 word by word

יִפְקֹ֣ד יְהוָ֔ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י הָרוּחֹ֖ת לְכָל־בָּשָׂ֑ר אִ֖ישׁ עַל־הָעֵדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• May the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of the spiritsרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• of allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• appointפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: overseerH6485
• a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• overעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712

Cross-references for Numbers 27:16

• Deuteronomy 31:2And he said to them, “I am a hundred and twenty years old today; I am no longer able to come and go, and the Lord has said to me, ‘You shall not cross this Jordan.’
• 1 Samuel 8:20that we also may be like all the nations, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
• 1 Samuel 18:13Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
• 2 Samuel 5:2Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.’”
• 1 Kings 3:7Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.
• 2 Chronicles 1:10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours?”
• John 10:3To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
• 1 Kings 22:17So he said, “I saw all Israel Scattered on the mountains, Like sheep which have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master. Let each of them return to his house in peace.’”
• 2 Chronicles 18:16So he said, “I saw all Israel Scattered on the mountains, Like sheep which have no shepherd; And the Lord said, ‘These have no master. Let each of them return to his house in peace.’”
• Ezekiel 34:5They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered.
• Zechariah 10:2For the teraphim speak iniquity, And the diviners see lying visions And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
• Zechariah 13:7“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, And against the man, My Associate,” Declares the Lord of hosts. “Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; And I will turn My hand against the little ones.
• Matthew 9:36Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.
• Matthew 10:6but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
• Matthew 15:24But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
• Mark 6:34When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

Commentaries on Numbers 27:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh - See the notes on Numbers 16:22.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16The God of the spirits of all flesh - An acknowledgment that man, who is but flesh (compare Genesis 6:3), is of himself helpless; and “lives and moves and has his being” in God Acts 17:28. The words are suitably employed here to introduce an entreaty that God would not leave the congregation without a guide and leader, and in Numbers 16:22 as a preface to an intercession that the whole people should not suffer for the sin of a, few.Read the comment
• 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. 15-17Israel was about to begin a long battle for Canaan. Moses did not want them to struggle without a leader or become lost like sheep without a shepherd (compare 1 Kings 22:17; Ezekiel 34:5; Matthew 9:36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation--The request was most suitably made to God in this character, as the Author of all the intellectual gifts and moral graces with which men are endowed, and who can raise up qualified persons for the most arduous duties and the most difficult situations.Read the comment

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• God
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• Obedience
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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