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that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />who will go out and come in before them, and lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />who 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 which have no shepherd.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of Yahweh will not be like sheep which have no shepherd.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />who will go out and come in before them, and will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be as sheep without a shepherd.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />who will go out before them and come back in before them, and who will bring them out and bring them in, so that the LORD’s community won’t be like sheep without a shepherd.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />who will go out before them and come back in before them, and who will bring them out and bring them in, so that the LORD&#8217s community won&#8217t be like sheep without a shepherd.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Jehovah be not as sheep which have no shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your people need someone to lead them into battle, or else they will be like sheep wandering around without a shepherd." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />which may go out before them, and which may come 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />who will lead them in and out [of battle] so that the LORD's community will not be like sheep without a shepherd."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and can command them in battle, so that your community will not be like sheep without a shepherd." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />who will go in and out before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in so that the LORD'S community won't be like a flock without a shepherd."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that the community of the LORD may not be like sheep that have no shepherd." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD not be as sheep which have no shepherd."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who may go out before them, and who may go in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />who 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the congregation of Yahweh may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />who goes out before them, and who comes in before them, and who takes them out, and who brings them in, and the congregation of YHWH is not as sheep which have no shepherd.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> who goeth out before them, and who cometh in before them, and who taketh them out, and who bringeth them in, and the company of Jehovah is not as sheep which have no shepherd.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who shall bring them out, and who shall bring them in; and the assembly of Jehovah shall not be as sheep to whom not a shepherd to them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And may go out and in before them, and may lead them out, or bring them in: lest the people of the Lord be as sheep without a shepherd. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and who may be able to exit and enter before them, and who may lead them out or lead them in: lest the people of the Lord be like sheep without a shepherd.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />who will be their leader in battle and who will lead them out and bring them in, that the LORD’s community may not be like sheep without a shepherd.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep without a shepherd.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who may go out before them and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out and bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />To go out before them and to enter before them and bring them out and to bring them in, that the assembly of LORD JEHOVAH will not be as sheep that have no Shepherd.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />who shall go out before them, and who shall come in before them, and who shall lead them out, and who shall bring them in; so the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep without a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/27-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=8547" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/27.htm">Moses Requests a Successor</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yê·ṣê (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">will go out</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê·hem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and come in</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê·hem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: wa·’ă·šer (Conj-w:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: wa·’ă·šer (Conj-w:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">and who</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yō·w·ṣî·’êm (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">will lead them out</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: wa·’ă·šer (Conj-w:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yə·ḇî·’êm (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and bring them in,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: ‘ă·ḏaṯ (N-fsc) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">so that the congregation</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ṯih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">be</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: kaṣ·ṣōn (Prep-k, Art:: N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">like sheep</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên- (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">without</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: rō·‘eh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">a shepherd.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/1-5.htm">Joshua 1:5-9</a></span><br />No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. / Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them. / Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-7.htm">Deuteronomy 31:7-8</a></span><br />Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance. / The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-17.htm">1 Kings 22:17</a></span><br />So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-5.htm">Ezekiel 34:5-6</a></span><br />They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts. / My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11-16</a></span><br />I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. / The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. / The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">1 Peter 5:2-4</a></span><br />Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness; / not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. / And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a></span><br />When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/6-34.htm">Mark 6:34</a></span><br />When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/23-1.htm">Psalm 23:1-4</a></span><br />A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. / He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. / He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a></span><br />He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">Jeremiah 23:1-4</a></span><br />“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD. / Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD. / Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-28.htm">Acts 20:28</a></span><br />Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm">Hebrews 13:20-21</a></span><br />Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, / equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/8-20.htm">1 Samuel 8:20</a></span><br />Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/18-16.htm">2 Chronicles 18:16</a></span><br />So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Which 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.</p><p class="hdg">take thee</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-28.htm">Numbers 11:28</a></b></br> And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, <i>one</i> of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/13-8.htm">Numbers 13:8,16</a></b></br> Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9</a></b></br> And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.</p><p class="hdg">a man</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-17.htm">Numbers 11:17</a></b></br> And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which <i>is</i> upon thee, and will put <i>it</i> upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear <i>it</i> not thyself alone.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/41-38.htm">Genesis 41:38</a></b></br> And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find <i>such a one</i> as this <i>is</i>, a man in whom the Spirit of God <i>is</i>?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/3-10.htm">Judges 3:10</a></b></br> And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.</p><p class="hdg">lay</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/27-23.htm">Numbers 27:23</a></b></br> And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/34-9.htm">Deuteronomy 34:9</a></b></br> And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/6-6.htm">Acts 6:6</a></b></br> Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid <i>their</i> hands on them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/27-16.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/numbers/27-16.htm">Company</a> <a href="/numbers/27-16.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/genesis/39-23.htm">Keeper</a> <a href="/numbers/23-7.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/numbers/23-30.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/genesis/49-24.htm">Shepherd</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/27-19.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/numbers/27-19.htm">Company</a> <a href="/numbers/27-19.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-20.htm">Keeper</a> <a href="/numbers/31-22.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/numbers/28-11.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-20.htm">Shepherd</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/27-1.htm">The daughters of Zelophehad ask for an inheritance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/27-6.htm">The law of inheritances</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/27-12.htm">Moses, being told of his death, asks for a successor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/27-18.htm">Joshua is appointed to succeed him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient Israel, a leader was expected to be actively involved in the life of the community, both in times of peace and war. The expression "go out and come in" is a Hebrew idiom for leading in battle and managing the affairs of the people (<a href="/1_samuel/18-13.htm">1 Samuel 18:13</a>, <a href="/2_samuel/5-2.htm">2 Samuel 5:2</a>). It emphasizes the need for a leader who is present and engaged with the people, ensuring their safety and well-being.<p><b>and who will lead them out and bring them in</b><br>This part of the verse highlights the need for a leader who can guide the people effectively, ensuring their safe passage and return. It underscores the importance of a leader who can provide direction and protection, much like a shepherd with his flock. This imagery is consistent with the role of a king or military leader in ancient Israel, who was responsible for the security and prosperity of the nation. The phrase also foreshadows the role of Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd (<a href="/john/10-3.htm">John 10:3-4</a>), who leads His followers with care and authority.<p><b>so that the congregation of the LORD</b><br>The term "congregation of the LORD" refers to the assembly of the Israelites, God's chosen people. This phrase emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where the people are seen as a community under divine guidance and protection. The congregation is not just a social or political entity but a spiritual one, called to live according to God's laws and purposes. This concept is foundational in understanding the identity and mission of Israel as a nation set apart for God's glory (<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>).<p><b>will not be like sheep without a shepherd.</b><br>This simile draws on the pastoral imagery common in the ancient Near East, where sheep without a shepherd are vulnerable to danger and easily scattered. It underscores the necessity of strong, godly leadership to provide guidance, protection, and care for the people. The imagery of sheep and shepherd is prevalent throughout Scripture, symbolizing the relationship between God and His people (Psalm 23, <a href="/ezekiel/34-5.htm">Ezekiel 34:5-6</a>). In the New Testament, Jesus is portrayed as the ultimate Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep (<a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>), fulfilling the prophetic and pastoral role anticipated in the Old Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who is seeking God's guidance for a successor to lead the people into the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The individual chosen by God to succeed Moses as the leader of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_congregation_of_the_lord.htm">The Congregation of the LORD</a></b><br>Refers to the Israelites, God's chosen people, who are in need of a leader to guide them.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sheep_without_a_shepherd.htm">Sheep without a Shepherd</a></b><br>A metaphor used to describe the Israelites' need for guidance and leadership.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_leadership.htm">The Importance of Godly Leadership</a></b><br>Godly leadership is essential for guiding and protecting the people of God. Just as Moses sought a successor, we must seek leaders who are led by God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_a_shepherd.htm">The Role of a Shepherd</a></b><br>A shepherd's role is to lead, protect, and care for the flock. In our lives, we should seek to emulate these qualities in our leadership roles, whether in the church, family, or community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god_for_guidance.htm">Dependence on God for Guidance</a></b><br>Just as Moses depended on God to appoint a leader, we must rely on God for direction in our lives and decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_spiritual_oversight.htm">The Need for Spiritual Oversight</a></b><br>The metaphor of sheep without a shepherd highlights the necessity of spiritual oversight. We should ensure that we are under sound spiritual leadership and also provide it to others if we are in such a position.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuity_in_leadership.htm">Continuity in Leadership</a></b><br>The transition from Moses to Joshua underscores the importance of continuity in leadership. We should prepare and mentor future leaders to ensure the ongoing health and direction of our communities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_clergy_and_laity.htm">What defines clergy and laity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_the_church_of_god.htm">What defines the Church of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_remnant_fellowship_church.htm">What is Remnant Fellowship Church?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_joshua's_appointment.htm">Numbers 27:18-23: Where is the historical or archaeological evidence that Joshua's appointment actually took place as described?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">Which may go out before them . . . --</span>The expression going out and coming in is used here, as in many other places, to denote the ordinary life of man (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-6.htm" title="Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.">Deuteronomy 28:6</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/31-2.htm" title="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, You shall not go over this Jordan.">Deuteronomy 31:2</a>). Leading out and bringing in (literally, <span class= "ital">causing to go out and to come in</span>)<span class= "ital">, </span>as a shepherd in respect of his flock (<a href="/context/john/10-3.htm" title="To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.">John 10:3-9</a>), denotes the direction of the conduct of others.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Which may go out before them,</span> and which may go in before them. A comparison with the words of Moses in <a href="/deuteronomy/31-2.htm">Deuteronomy 31:2</a>, and of Caleb in <a href="/joshua/14-11.htm">Joshua 14:11</a>, shows that the going out and coming in refer to the vigorous prosecution of daily business, and the fatigues of active service. <span class="cmt_word">Which may lead them out, and which may bring them in.</span> The underlying image is that of a shepherd and his flock, which suggests itself so naturally to all that have the care and governance of men (cf. <a href="/john/10-3.htm">John 10:3, 4, 16</a>). <span class="cmt_word">As sheep which have no shepherd.</span> And are, therefore, helpless, bewildered, scattered, lost, and devoured. The image is frequent in Scripture (cf. <a href="/1_kings/22-17.htm">1 Kings 22:17</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/34-5.htm">Ezekiel 34:5</a>; <a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2</a>; <a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a>). The words of the Septuagint are <span class="greek">ὡσεὶ πρόβατα οῖς οὐκ</span> <span class="greek">ἔστι ποιμήν</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/27-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will go out</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵצֵ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(yê·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and come in</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבֹא֙</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before them,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and who</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will lead them out</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹצִיאֵ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·ṣî·’êm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bring them in,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְבִיאֵ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḇî·’êm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that the congregation</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲדַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·ḏaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stated assemblage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be</span><br /><span class="heb">תִהְיֶה֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṯih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like sheep</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּצֹּ֕אן</span> <span class="translit">(kaṣ·ṣōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">without</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵין־</span> <span class="translit">(’ên-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a shepherd.”</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹעֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(rō·‘eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/27-17.htm">Numbers 27:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/27-17.htm">OT Law: Numbers 27:17 Who may go out before them (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/27-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 27:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 27:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/27-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 27:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 27:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>