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New Century Version

Numbers 27:20

Let him share your honor so that all the Israelites will obey him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Citizens;   Government;   Hand;   Israel;   Joshua;   Loyalty;   Minister, Christian;   Obedience;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Theocracy, the, or Immediate Government by God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Eleazar;   Joshua the son of nun;   Moses;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Appoint;   Glory;   Laying on of Hands;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bishop;   Joshua;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Laying on of Hands;   Ordination, Ordain;   Urim and Thummim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Numbers, Book of;   Zin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eleazar ;   Joshua ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Imposition of hands;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Eleazar;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Joshua;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Priest, High;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   High Priest;   Joshua, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children of Yisra'el may obey.
King James Version
And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
Lexham English Bible
You will give to him from your authority so that the entire community of Israel will obey him.
English Standard Version
You shall invest him with some of your authority, that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey.
New English Translation
Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient.
Amplified Bible
"You shall put some of your authority and honor on him, so that all the congregation of the Israelites will obey him.
New American Standard Bible
"And you shall put some of your authority on him, so that all the congregation of the sons of Israel will obey him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And giue him of thy glory, that all the Congregation of ye children of Israel may obey.
Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall put some of your splendor on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him.
Contemporary English Version
and tell them they must now obey him, just as they obey you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Delegate to him some of your authority, so that the entire community of Isra'el will obey him.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that the whole assembly of the children of Israel may obey him.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Show the people that you are making him leader, then all the people will obey him.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall put some of your honor upon him that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey him.
Good News Translation
Give him some of your own authority, so that the whole community of Israel will obey him.
Christian Standard Bible®
Confer some of your authority on him so that the entire Israelite community will obey him.
Literal Translation
And you shall put your honor on him, so that all the congregation of the sons of Israel will listen.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& beutyfye him with thy bewty, that the whole congregacion of the children of Israel maye be obediet vnto him.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.
Bible in Basic English
And put your honour on him, so that all the children of Israel may be under his authority.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And put of thy prayse vpon him, that all the companie of the children of Israel may be obedient.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt put of thy honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may hearken.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt put some of thine honour vpon him, that all the Congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt put of thy glory upon him, that the children of Israel may hearken to him.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.
Berean Standard Bible
Confer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt yyue to hym comaundementis, in the siyt of alle men, and a part of thi glorie, that al the synagoge of the sones of Israel here hym.
Young's Literal Translation
and hast put of thine honour upon him, so that all the company of the sons of Israel do hearken.
Update Bible Version
And you shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt put [some] of thy honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
World English Bible
You shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.
New King James Version
And you shall give some of your authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
New Living Translation
Transfer some of your authority to him so the whole community of Israel will obey him.
New Life Bible
Give some of your power to him so all the people of Israel will obey him.
New Revised Standard
You shall give him some of your authority, so that all the congregation of the Israelites may obey.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and shalt put some of thine honour upon him, - that all the assembly of the sons of Israel may hearken.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt give him precepts in the sight of all, and part of thy glory, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may hear him.
Revised Standard Version
You shall invest him with some of your authority, that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall put some of your authority on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him.

Contextual Overview

15 Moses said to the Lord , 16 "The Lord is the God of the spirits of all people. May he choose a leader for these people, 17 who will go in and out before them. He must lead them out like sheep and bring them in; the Lord 's people must not be like sheep without a shepherd." 18 So the Lord said to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, because my Spirit is in him. Put your hand on him, 19 and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the people. Then give him his orders as they watch. 20 Let him share your honor so that all the Israelites will obey him. 21 He must stand before Eleazar the priest, and Eleazar will get advice from the Lord by using the Urim. At his command all the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will all come in." 22 Moses did what the Lord told him. He took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the people, 23 and he put his hands on him and gave him orders, just as the Lord had told him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

put some: Numbers 11:17, Numbers 11:28, Numbers 11:29, 1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 10:9, 2 Kings 2:9, 2 Kings 2:10, 2 Kings 2:15, 1 Chronicles 29:23, 1 Chronicles 29:25

may be: Joshua 1:16-18

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:2 - glory Deuteronomy 31:14 - I may give

Cross-References

Genesis 24:12
The servant said, " Lord , God of my master Abraham, allow me to find a wife for his son today. Please show this kindness to my master Abraham.
Exodus 20:7
"You must not use the name of the Lord your God thoughtlessly; the Lord will punish anyone who misuses his name.
Job 13:7
You should not speak evil in the name of God; you cannot speak God's truth by telling lies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him,.... Meaning not the Spirit that was on Moses, and the gifts of the Spirit; for to do this was the work of the Lord, and not Moses, see Numbers 11:17, but of the honour of civil government; suggesting that he should give him a share in it, and use him not as a minister and servant, as he had been, but as his colleague and partner; and let him have some of the ensigns of power and authority, and some exercise of it; not only to inure him to government, but to make him respectable among the people:

that all the congregation of Israel may be obedient; to him as their ruler and governor, hearken to his words, and obey his commands.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of thine honor - i. e., of thy dignity and authority (compare Numbers 11:17, Numbers 11:28). Joshua was constituted immediately vice-leader under Moses, by way of introduction to his becoming chief after Moses’ death.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 27:20. And thou shalt put, &c. — מחודך mechodecha, of thine honour or authority upon him. Thou shalt show to the whole congregation that thou hast associated him with thyself in the government of the people.


 
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