Numbers 27:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.

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  • Deut 31:2 : 2 Then he said to them, I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to go out and come in: and the Lord has said to me, You are not to go over Jordan.
  • 1 Kgs 22:17 : 17 Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.
  • Ezek 34:5 : 5 And they were wandering in every direction because there was no keeper: and they became food for all the beasts of the field.
  • Mark 6:34 : 34 And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.
  • Matt 9:36 : 36 But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.
  • Zech 10:2 : 2 For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.
  • 2 Chr 1:10 : 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?
  • 1 Sam 8:20 : 20 So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.
  • 1 Sam 18:13 : 13 So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.
  • 1 Kgs 3:7 : 7 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.
  • Matt 10:6 : 6 But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,
  • Matt 15:24 : 24 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.
  • John 10:3-4 : 3 The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out. 4 When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.
  • John 10:9 : 9 I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food.
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.
  • 2 Sam 5:2 : 2 In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.
  • 2 Chr 18:16 : 16 Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.

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    15Then Moses said to the Lord,

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  • Num 27:18-23
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    18And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;

    19And take him before Eleazar the priest and all the meeting of the people, and give him his orders before their eyes.

    20And put your honour on him, so that all the children of Israel may be under his authority.

    21He will take his place before Eleazar the priest, so that he may get directions from the Lord for him, with the Urim: at his word they will go out, and at his word they will come in, he and all the children of Israel.

    22So Moses did as the Lord said: he took Joshua and put him before Eleazar the priest and the meeting of the people:

    23And he put his hands on him and gave him his orders, as the Lord had said by Moses.

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    27But your servants will go over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to the fight, as my lord says.

    28So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel.

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    7Then Moses sent for Joshua, and before the eyes of all Israel said to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go with this people into the land which the Lord, by his oath to their fathers, has given them; by your help they will take it for their heritage.

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  • Num 11:16-17
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    16And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you.

    17And I will come down and have talk with you there: and I will take some of the spirit which is on you and put it on them, and they will take part of the weight of the people off you, so that you do not have to take it by yourself.

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    1And the Lord said to Moses,

    2Send men to get knowledge about the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from every tribe of their fathers you are to send a man, every one a chief among them.

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    5And the Lord said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take some of the chiefs of Israel with you, and take in your hand the rod which was stretched out over the Nile, and go.

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    52But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock.

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    38Joshua, the son of Nun, your servant, he will go into the land: say to him that he is to be strong, for he will be Israel's guide into their heritage.

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    1And the Lord said to Moses,

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    33Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.

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    15And the Lord said to me, Take again the instruments of a foolish keeper of sheep.

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    7For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:

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    13Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

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    28But give my orders to Joshua, comforting him and making him strong; for he is to go over Jordan at the head of this people, and he will give them this land which you will see for their heritage.

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    16And the Lord said to Moses,

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    21And the Lord said to Moses,

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    2He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.

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    1And the Lord said to Moses,

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    17And the Lord said to Moses,

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    4And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord.