Numbers 27:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Numbers 27:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Which may (e) 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....
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

go out... go in. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, put for life in general, especially all official movements, and actions.
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. That...
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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....
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Which may go out before them... — The expression going out and coming in is used here, as in many other places, to denote the ordinary life of man ( Deuteronomy 28:6 ; Deuteronomy 31:2 ). Leading...
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 ,.... Which may lead them out, and go before them in war, and command them in...
Numbers 27:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Go out before them That is, who may wisely conduct them in all their affairs, both when they go forth to war, or upon other occasions, and when they return home and live in peace. A metaphor from s...
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua Named as Moses's Successor. B. C. 1452. 15 And Moses spake unto the L ORD , say...
Numbers 27:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Which may wisely conduct them in all their affairs, both when they go forth to war, or upon other occasions, and when they return home and live in peace. A metaphor from shepherds, as it here fo...
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - 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...
Numbers 27:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moses Informed of his End
Numbers 27:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:17 ; 1 Kings 3:7 ; 1 Peter 2:25 ; 1 Samuel 18:13 ; 1 Samuel 8:20 ; 2 Chronicles 1:10 ; 2 Chronicles 18:16 ; 2 Samuel 5:2 ; Deuteronomy 31:2 ; Ezekiel 34:5 ; John 10:3 ; John 10...
Numbers 27:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Go out before them — That is, who may wisely conduct them in all their affairs, both when they go forth to war, or upon other occasions, and when they return home and live in peace. A metaphor from...

Numbers 27:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 27:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 27:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 27:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Numbers 27:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 27:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 27:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 27:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 27:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 27:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 27:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 27:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 27:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 27:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 27:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 27:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 27:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 27:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 27:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 27:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 27:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 27:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 27:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 27:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 27:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 27:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes