Numbers 27:16 KJV
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Numbers 27:14–18 KJV Chapter Context
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For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
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And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
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Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
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Which 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.
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And 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;