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Numbers 27:19 KJV
Numbers · chapter 27 · verse 19
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.Numbers 27:19 · King James Version
Numbers 27:19 in context
17Which 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.
18And 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;
19And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
20And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
21And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationʻêdâha stated assemblageH5712 →
- EleazarʼElʻâzârElazar, the name of seven IsraelitesH499 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- chargetsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- setʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
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