Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Numbers 27:16
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“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
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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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“Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
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Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
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Numbers 27
14 for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.
15 So Moses appealed to the LORD,
16 “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
17 who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
18 And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.
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