Numbers 27:17
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And the Lord said unto Moses,.... In answer to his request:
take thou Joshua the son of Nun, who had been a servant of his near forty years, and of whose humility, diligence, faithfulness and…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
as sheep which have no shepherd Cf. 1Ki 22:17; Mat 9:36 = Mar 6:34.
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