King James Version (KJV)
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.”
Verse in context — Numbers 27
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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;
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And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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