Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Treasury of Scripture go out Deuteronomy 31:2 And he said to them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD has said to me... 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. 2 Samuel 5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD said to you... 1 Kings 3:7 And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child... 2 Chronicles 1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this your people... John 10:3,4,9 To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out... as sheep 1 Kings 22:17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master... 2 Chronicles 18:16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master... 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. Zechariah 10:2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain... Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, said the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd... Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad... Matthew 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Mark 6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them... 1 Peter 2:25 For you were as sheep going astray; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Context Moses Asks for a Successor
12And the LORD said to Moses, Get you up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel. 13And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered. 14For you rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. 15And Moses spoke to the LORD, saying, 16Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17Which 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. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
Douay-Rheims Bible
May the Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude:
Darby Bible Translation
Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the assembly,
King James Bible
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Young's Literal Translation
'Jehovah -- God of the spirits of all flesh -- appoint a man over the company,
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