Numbers 27:16
New International Version
“May the LORD, the God who gives breath to all living things, appoint someone over this community

New Living Translation
“O LORD, you are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Please appoint a new man as leader for the community.

English Standard Version
“Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

Berean Standard Bible
“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

King James Bible
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

New King James Version
“Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

New American Standard Bible
“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of humanity, appoint a man over the congregation,

NASB 1995
“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

NASB 1977
“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

Legacy Standard Bible
“May Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

Amplified Bible
“Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

Christian Standard Bible
“May the LORD, the God who gives breath to all, appoint a man over the community

Holman Christian Standard Bible
May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the community

American Standard Version
Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Let LORD JEHOVAH, the God of the spirits of all flesh, order a man over the assembly.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Let the Lord God of spirits and of all flesh look out for a man over this congregation,

Contemporary English Version
"You are the LORD God, and you know what is in everyone's heart. So I ask you to appoint a leader for Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
May the Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude:

English Revised Version
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"LORD, you are the God who gives the breath of life to everyone. Please appoint someone over the community

Good News Translation
"LORD God, source of all life, appoint, I pray, a man who can lead the people

International Standard Version
"May the LORD God of the spirits of all living creatures appoint a man over the community

JPS Tanakh 1917
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

Literal Standard Version
“YHWH, God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

Majority Standard Bible
“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

New American Bible
“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all humanity, set over the community someone

NET Bible
"Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community,

New Revised Standard Version
“Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the congregation

New Heart English Bible
"Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

Webster's Bible Translation
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation.

World English Bible
“Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

Young's Literal Translation
'Jehovah -- God of the spirits of all flesh -- appoint a man over the company,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Moses Requests a Successor
15So Moses appealed to the LORD, 16“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation 17who 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.”…

Cross References
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

Numbers 16:22
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?"

Numbers 27:15
So Moses appealed to the LORD,

2 Kings 11:8
You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes."

Ecclesiastes 12:7
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Jeremiah 32:27
"Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?

Jeremiah 38:16
But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life."


Treasury of Scripture

Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

go out

Deuteronomy 31:2
And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

1 Samuel 8:20
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

1 Samuel 18:13
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

as sheep

1 Kings 22:17
And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

2 Chronicles 18:16
Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.

Ezekiel 34:5
And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

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(16) Let the Lord . . . --We have a remarkable instance here of the true greatness of Moses, as a type of Him whose words were, "Weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children" (Luke 23:28). Instead of indulging in excessive grief, or in unavailing remorse, the mind of Moses was intently fixed upon the welfare of those for whose sake he had been willing that his own name should be blotted out of the Book (Exodus 32:32); and instead of appointing one of his own family, or the man of his own choice, as his successor, he commits the matter to God, and prays that He will appoint one who would be a true shepherd to the flock.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“May the LORD,
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

the God
אֱלֹהֵ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of the spirits
הָרוּחֹ֖ת (hā·rū·ḥōṯ)
Article | Noun - common plural
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

of all
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

flesh,
בָּשָׂ֑ר (bā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

appoint
יִפְקֹ֣ד (yip̄·qōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

a man
אִ֖ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the congregation
הָעֵדָֽה׃ (hā·‘ê·ḏāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5712: A stated assemblage


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