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Numbers 27:22 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. "
Numbers 27:22
Verse in Context
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20 You shall give authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.
21 He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.”
22 Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.
23 He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD spoke by Moses.
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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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