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Numbers 27:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.” "

Numbers 27:17

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15 Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

16 “Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

17 who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.”

18 The LORD said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.

19 Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight.

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Jeremiah 50:44

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"Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it. Whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it, for who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?”"

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Micah 2:13

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"He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. Their king passes on before them, with the LORD at their head."

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"shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily; not for dishonest gain, but willingly;"

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Exodus 10:26

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"Our livestock also shall go with us. Not a hoof shall be left behind, for of it we must take to serve the LORD our God; and we don’t know with what we must serve the LORD, until we come there.”"

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Numbers 27:1

"Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph came near. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah."

Numbers 27:2

"They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying,"

Numbers 27:3

"“Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin. He had no sons."

Numbers 27:4

"Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father.”"

Numbers 27:5

"Moses brought their cause before the LORD."

Numbers 27:6

"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"

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