Numbers 27:15-17 New English Translation
15 Then Moses spoke to the Lord: 16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind,[a] appoint[b] a man over the community, 17 who will go out before them, and who will come in before them,[c] and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that[d] the community of the Lord may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”
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- Numbers 27:16 tn Heb “flesh”; cf. NAB, NIV “all mankind”; NCV “all people”; NLT “all living things.”
- Numbers 27:16 tn This is the same verb פָּקַד (paqad) that is used throughout the book for the aspect of “numbering” the people.
- Numbers 27:17 sn This is probably technical terminology for a military leader (Josh 14:11; 1 Sam 18:13-16; 1 Kgs 3:7; 2 Kgs 11:9). The image of a shepherd can also be military in nature (1 Kgs 22:17).
- Numbers 27:17 tn The Hebrew text has the conjunction with the negated imperfect tense, “and it will not be.” This clause should be subordinated to the preceding to form a result clause, and the imperfect then function as a final imperfect.
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