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Numbers 27:23 KJV
Numbers · chapter 27 · verse 23
And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.Numbers 27:23 · King James Version
Numbers 27:23 in context
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.
22And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
23And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandeddâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- chargetsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
- laidçâmakto propH5564 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here, I. Moses prays for a successor. When God had told him that he must die, though it appears elsewhere that he solicited for a reprieve for himself (Deu 3:24, Deu 3:25), yet, when this could not be obtained, he begged earnestly that the work of God might be carried on, though he might not have the honour of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-23