THEOSISNumbers 27:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
May the Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude:
יִפְקֹ֣ד יְהוָ֔ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י הָרוּחֹ֖ת לְכָל־בָּשָׂ֑ר אִ֖ישׁ עַל־הָעֵדָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Num 16:22They fell flat on their face, and said: O most mighty, the God of the spirits of all flesh, for one man's sin shall thy wrath rage against all?
- Jer 3:15And I will give you pastors according to my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine.
- Heb 12:9Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh for instructors, and we reverenced them. Shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits and live?
- Ezek 37:24And my servant David shall be king over them, and they shall have one shepherd: they shall walk in my judgments, and shall keep my commandments, and shall do them.
- Deut 31:14And the Lord said to Moses: Behold the days of thy death are nigh: call Josue, and stand ye in the tabernacle of the testimony, that I may give him a charge. So Moses and Josue went and stood in the tabernacle of the testimony:
- Matt 9:38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.
- Acts 20:28Take heed to yourselves and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.