Numbers 27:15

15 And Moses spake vnto the Lorde sayenge:

Numbers 27:15 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 27:15

And Moses spake unto the Lord
Having requested to go into the land and see it, which was denied him; and perceiving he must quickly die, and being a man of a public spirit, and concerned for the welfare of the people of Israel, prays that a successor might be nominated and appointed:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 27:15 In-Context

13 And whe thou hast sene it thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also as Aaron thy brother was gathered vnto his people.

14 For ye were disobedient vnto my mouthe in the deserte of Zin in ye stryfe of the congregacion that ye sanctified me not in the water before their eyes. That is the water of stryfe in cades in the wildernesse of Zin.

15 And Moses spake vnto the Lorde sayenge:

16 let the Lorde God of the spirites of all flesh sett a man ouer the congregacion

17 which maye goo in and out before them and to lede them in and oute that the congregacion of the Lorde be not as a flocke of shepe without a sheparde.