Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Numbers 27:15 - 27:15

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Numbers 27:15 - 27:15


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Consecration of Joshua as the Successor of Moses. - Num 27:15-17. The announcement thus made to Moses led him to entreat the Lord to appoint a leader of His people, that the congregation might not be like a flock without a shepherd. As “God of the spirits of all flesh,” i.e., as the giver of life and breath to all creatures (see at Num 16:22), he asks Jehovah to appoint a man over the congregation, who should go out and in before them, and should lead them out and in, i.e., preside over and direct them in all their affairs. וָבֹוא צֵאת (“go out,” and “go in”) is a description of the conduct of men in every-day life (Deu 28:6; Deu 31:2; Jos 14:11). וְהֵבִיא הֹוצִיא (“lead out,” and “bring in”) signifies the superintendence of the affairs of the nation, and is founded upon the figure of a shepherd.