Numbers 27:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Numbers 27:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The God of the spirits of all flesh - An acknowledgment that man, who is but flesh (compare Genesis 6:3 ), is of himself helpless; and “lives and moves and has his being” in God Acts 17:28 . Th...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Let the LORD, the God of the (d) spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, (d) Who as he has created, so he governs the hearts of all men.

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• Numbers 27:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Right of Daughters to Inherit, in Default of Male Issue. To guard against the alienation of property from a family through the absence of male heirs by natural descent, the system of the Levira...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  God . Elohim. God, the Creator of men and the spirits of men ( Genesis 2:7 ), Who giveth the spirit to man, and takes it to Himself again ( Ecclesiastes 12:7 ), and Who giveth all the gifts of the S...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 179 APPOINTMENT OF JOSHUA TO SUCCEED MOSES Numbers 27:15-21 . And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, The Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh - See the notes on Numbers 16:22 .

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• Numbers 27:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And Moses spake unto the Lord— The information of his approaching departure did not at all surprize Moses, who, for a long time, had been accustomed to consider death as that circumstance alone whi...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, God of the spirits of all flesh. The request was most suitably made to God in this character, as the Author...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Law of the Inheritance of Daughters. Joshua appointed as the Success or of Moses 1-11. According to Numbers 26:53 (Cp. Numbers 27:2 ) the land was to be apportioned to the males. Zelophehad...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  A NEW GENERATION Numbers 26:1-65 ; Numbers 27:1-23 THE numbering at Sinai before the sojourn in the Desert of Paran has its counterpart in the numbering now recorded. In either case those reck...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Joshua Appointed Moses' Successor Numbers 27:1-23 Up to the last Moses was faithful as a servant to Him that had appointed him in all his house, Hebrews 3:2 . Notice that he did not attempt to...

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• Numbers 27:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  An interesting historic incident is here recorded during the wilderness wanderings. One Zelophehad had died, leaving no sons but five daughters. These now petitioned that they might have an inheritan...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Let us admire the character of Moses in this point of view, in his concern for the church of GOD: he seems to have more anxiety on this occasion than respecting his own death. But let us turn from Mo...

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• Numbers 27:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh ,.... The Maker of the souls of men, called the spirits of all flesh, or of corporeal beings, to distinguish them from the angels, who, though spiri...

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• Numbers 27:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Ver. 16. The God of the spirits of all flesh. ] "Thou, Lord, that knowest the hearts of all men." Act 1:24 See...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The God of the spirits of all flesh God of all men; the Searcher of spirits, that knowest who is fit for this great employment; the Father, and Giver, and Governor of spirits, who canst raise and s...

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• Numbers 27:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  LAWS OF INHERITANCE (vs.1-11) This section is an appendix to chapter 26, for it bears directly on the question of the inheritance of the tribes. Five daughters of one man who had died in the wild...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Joshua Named as Moses's Successor. B. C. 1452.       15 And Moses spake unto the L ORD , say...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  All flesh, i.e. of all men; the Searcher of spirits, that knowest who is fit for this great employment; the Father, and Giver, and Governor of spirits, who canst raise and suit the spirits of men t...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Moses Pleads For a Man to Replace Him Lest The People Be As Sheep Without a Shepherd On His Departure ( Numbers 27:15-17 ). But the heart of Moses is revealed in his reaction. The people had cause...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES The request made by the daughters of Zelophehad arose naturally out of the census, which was taken with a view to the distribution of the land amongst the people, and...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Numbers 27:3 . Our father died in the wilderness. These five daughters of Zelophehad allow that their father would not only have forfeited life but estate also, had he joined himself to the compan...

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• Numbers 27:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation. The spiritual leaders of men I. The world’s need of spiritual leaders. 1. The great majority of every gene...

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• Numbers 27:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION MOSES AND JOSHUA ( Numbers 27:12-4 ). Numbers 27:12 And the Lord said unto Moses. It is impossible to determine the exact place of this announcement in the order of even...

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• Numbers 27:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Moses Informed of his End

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• Numbers 27:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 5:5 ; 1 Peter 5:2-4 ; 1 Samuel 12:13 ; Acts 20:28 ; Deuteronomy 31:14 ; Ezekiel 34:11-16 ; Ezekiel 34:23 ; Ezekiel 37:24 ; Hebrews 12:9 ; Jeremiah 23:4 ; Jeremiah 23:5 ; Jeremiah...

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• Numbers 27:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The Lord of the spirits of all flesh — God of all men: the searcher of spirits, that knowest who is fit for this great employment; the father and giver and governor of spirits, who canst raise and...

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